If I Had a Heart

"If I Had a Heart"
Single by Fever Ray
from the album Fever Ray
Released15 December 2008
Length3:50
LabelRabid
Songwriter(s)Fever Ray
Producer(s)
  • Fever Ray
  • Christoffer Berg
Fever Ray singles chronology
"If I Had a Heart"
(2008)
"When I Grow Up"
(2009)
Music video
"If I Had a Heart" on YouTube

"If I Had a Heart" is a song performed, written, and produced by Swedish recording artist Fever Ray (Karin Dreijer). It was released as the lead single from their self-titled debut album, Fever Ray (2009), marking Ray's debut single as a solo artist, after their work with their previous band, The Knife. The track was first released digitally in Sweden and across Europe on 15 December 2008 by Rabid Records,[1] followed by a digital EP release on 26 January 2009.[2] It was later released on CD, 7", and 12" formats in early 2009.[3] The single's B-side premiered three days prior to the single release on Stereogum and is a remix of the track done by English experimental duo Fuck Buttons, the duo's maiden work as remixers.[4]

  1. ^ "If I Had A Heart – Single by Fever Ray". UK iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  2. ^ "If I Had a Heart – EP by Fever Ray". UK iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Fever Ray – If I Had A Heart at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  4. ^ "If I Had a Heart Remix News". feverray.com. Retrieved 21 November 2009. [dead link]