Heartbeat (Jimmy Somerville song)

"Heartbeat" is a song by Scottish pop singer-songwriter Jimmy Somerville, formerly the lead vocalist of the bands Bronski Beat and Communards. Released in January 1995 by London Records as the first single from his second solo album, Dare to Love (1995), it peaked at number 24 on the UK Singles Chart in February of that year and reached number in his native Scotland. The song also topped the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play for one week in April 1995, becoming Somerville's first and only solo number one on that chart. Backing vocals on the song are performed by American dance music singers Shawn Christopher and Yvonne Gage. The accompanying music video for "Heartbeat" was filmed in black-and-white.

Critical reception
In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote, "This new single marks his re-emergence from a musical lay-off with an inoffensive piece of Hi-NRG pop but not a record that is destined to make major waves on the chart." Sylvia Patterson from NME declared it as a "thigh-blistering" single.

Personnel

 * Jimmy Somerville – writing, lead vocals
 * Shawn Christopher – backing vocals
 * Yvonne Gage – backing vocals
 * Richard Stannard – writing
 * Matt Rowe – writing
 * Stephen Hague – production, mixing
 * Gianfranco Bortolotti – production
 * Danny Weatherspoon – keyboards
 * Eric Miller – remixing, arranging
 * Luca Lauri – mixing, arranging
 * Massimo Braghieri – arranging
 * Mike Drake – remixing
 * DJ R.A.F. – remixing
 * Plus Staples – remixing
 * George Maniatis – editing
 * Jeff Luif – engineering, mixing
 * Tiziano Giupponi – mixing
 * Mauro Picotto – arranging
 * Massimo Castrezzati – arranging
 * Roberto Cipro – arranging
 * Gary Butcher – writing, production, (B-side)
 * Gary Wilkinson – production, mixing (B-side)