Heartbeat (Ryuichi Sakamoto album)

Heartbeat is the ninth solo studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto, released in 1991 by Virgin Records. A second version of the album was released in the United States and Europe in 1992, which replaced the original version of "Tainai Kalki" with the David Sylvian-featuring version, "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) - Returning to the Womb", as well as English versions of "High Tide" and "Sayonara", and bonus song "Cloud #9".

Personnel
Performers
 * Ryuichi Sakamoto – keyboards, piano, lead vocals (5, 8)
 * Steven Bernstein – trumpet (1, 3, 4)
 * Dee Dee Brave – vocals (1, 8)
 * Satoshi Tomiie – percussion (1, 3, 4, 5, 8)
 * Magic Dick – harmonica
 * Marco Prince – vocals (3)
 * John Lurie – sax (4)
 * Debra Barsha – backing vocals (4)
 * Arto Lindsay – vocals (5)
 * Houria Aïchi – vocals (7)
 * Youssou N'Dour – vocals (9)
 * Bill Frisell – guitar (11, 12)
 * Ingrid Chavez – vocals (11, 12)
 * John Cage – voice (11)
 * David Sylvian – vocals (11, 12)

Technical
 * Lolly Grodner – engineer (11, 12)
 * Patrick Dillett – engineer (all tracks except 12)
 * Yoshifumi Iio – engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
 * Jungle DJ Towa Towa – co-producer (2)
 * Axel Niehaus – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
 * Fernando Aponte – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
 * Jim Caruana – assistant engineer (11, 12)
 * Koichiro Nagao – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
 * Wes Naprstek – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)