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"Two Hearts Beat as One" is a song by rock band U2. It is the seventh track on their 1983 album, War, and was released as the album's second single in March 1983.

Composition and theme
"Two Hearts Beat as One" runs for 3:52 (3 minutes, 52 seconds). According to Universal Music Publishing Group's sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, it is played in common time at a tempo of 140 beats per minute in a key of C♯ minor. The vocals are in a key of C.

Concert historian Pimm Jal de la Parra wrote that it "describes inner struggles, trying to cope with the left or right, right or wrong, but finding unity nevertheless."

Release
"Two Hearts Beat as One" was released as the international second single from War in March 1983, following the earlier release of "New Year's Day" in January. It was released by Island Records everywhere except Ireland, where it was released by CBS Records instead. In continental Europe, "Sunday Bloody Sunday" was selected as the second single instead. The artwork for both releases is identical. The image of the boy on the front cover, Peter Rowan, was taken by Ian Finlay, and the photograph of the band on the back of the sleeve was taken by Anton Corbijn.

The music video was directed by Meiert Avis and was filmed on Montmartre in Paris in March 1983 and portrays the band performing the song, intercut with scenes of an acrobat and other scenes featuring Peter Rowan. Unlike the other videos from the album, it has never been included on any of the band's video compilations.

Live performances
U2 debuted "Two Hearts Beat as One" on 26 February 1983 in Dundee, Scotland, on the first night of the War Tour.

The song was first played in concert on 26 February 1983, at the first show of the War Tour and was played at almost all concerts on that tour. On the second leg of the War Tour, "Two Hearts Beat as One" began to follow "Surrender" and the two songs segued together. This transition survived to the Unforgettable Fire Tour. However, on the third leg of the Unforgettable Fire Tour, "Two Hearts Beat as One" was separated from "Surrender" and it was played less frequently. Its last tour appearance on 29 April 1985, in Atlanta. It has made only one subsequent appearance: it was performed in the encore at a Lovetown Tour concert on 27 December 1989, in the Point Depot, Dublin.

A live performance of the song at Red Rocks Amphitheatre appears on the DVD release of the concert film Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky.

Personnel

 * U2
 * Bono – vocals
 * The Edge – guitar, backing vocals
 * Adam Clayton – bass guitar
 * Larry Mullen, Jr. – drums, percussion


 * Technical