Beat of My Heart
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| "Beat of My Heart" | ||
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| Single by Hilary Duff | ||
| from the album Most Wanted | ||
| Released | November 2005 | |
| Format | Digital download | |
| Genre | Electropop Pop rock |
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| Length | 3:09 | |
| Label | Hollywood | |
| Writer(s) | Hilary Duff, The Dead Executives (Joel Madden & Benji Madden) | |
| Producer(s) | Hilary Duff, The Dead Executives | |
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| Hilary Duff singles chronology | ||
| "Wake Up" (2005) |
"Beat of My Heart" (2005) |
"Supergirl" (2006) |
"Beat of My Heart" is a song co-written and co-produced by American singer Hilary Duff, Joel Madden and Benji Madden for Duff's third album Most Wanted (2005). It was released as the album's second single in late 2005 (see 2005 in music) and failed to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100,[1] while reaching the top twenty in Australia and the top 100 in Switzerland.[2] Blogcritics wrote " Duff is bored and simply going through the motions in the single ... The bland electro pop is an insult to the genre",[3] and a Newsround review called it "Soft electronic pop with simple lyrics and a repetitive tune."[4] Billboard noted that "the beat of my heart" is repeated forty-times times in the song; it also said it "seems to toss her back to her Disney days. Pop music is always appreciated, but this is a kiddie anthem, plain and simple ... it is hardly a contender for contemporary radio."[5]
The single's video was shot in Los Angeles, California by director Phil Harder in the week beginning September 26, 2005, and it pays homage to Bond girls (see James Bond). A representative for Duff's record label said, "She's always been a huge James Bond fan. She watched those movies with her sister growing up, and she loved the Bond girls, because they were always so stylish, and she's stylish." She also said the video would contain "that hip sensibility" of Bond films and present a "more mature" image of Duff.[6]
The video premiered on MTV's Total Request Live on November 9. It entered the TRL top ten countdown the following day and ascended to number one on November 14.[7] It remained on the countdown for twenty days, until December 19.[8]
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Italy Singles Top 100 [citation needed] | 8 |
| Australia Singles Top 50 | 13 |
| Swiss Singles Top 100 | 89 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Hilary Duff - Artist Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 16, 2006.
- ^ "Hilary Duff - Beat Of My Heart". MusicSquare. Retrieved August 6, 2006.
- ^ Avoledo, Pam. "Single Review: Hilary Duff "Beat of My Heart"". Blogcritics. December 9, 2005. Retrieved September 9, 2006.
- ^ "Single review: Hilary Duff - Beat of my Heart". Newsround. May 31, 2006. Retrieved September 9, 2006.
- ^ "Billboard single reviews: Destiny's Child, Nickelback". Billboard. November 20, 2005. Retrieved September 9, 2006.
- ^ Vineyard, Jennifer. "Hilary Duff Forms A Bond With Espionage Hotties In New Video". MTV News. September 24, 2005. Retrieved August 6, 2005.
- ^ "TRL Archive - November 2005". AbsoluteTRL. Retrieved August 16, 2006.
- ^ "TRL Archive - December 2005". AbsoluteTRL. Retrieved August 16, 2006.
