Heart (Pet Shop Boys song)
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| Single by Pet Shop Boys | ||
| B-side(s) | "I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)" | |
| Released | March 21, 1988 | |
| Format | 7", 12", cassette, CD | |
| Genre | Synthpop | |
| Length | 4:16 | |
| Label | Parlophone / EMI | |
| Writer(s) | Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe | |
| Producer(s) | Andy Richards & Pet Shop Boys | |
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| Pet Shop Boys singles chronology | ||
| "Always on My Mind" (1987) |
"Heart" (1987) |
"Domino dancing" (1988) |
Heart was a song recorded by The Pet Shop Boys which reached #1 on the UK singles chart for three weeks in April 1988.
[edit] Song
Written By Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, Heart was the fourth and final single from the duo's second 'proper' album Actually. Released in March 1988 it rocketed to the top of the charts to become the duo's fourth, and last, UK number one single. It was also a massive hit across Europe.
The genesis of the song goes back to the sessions for the duo's first album Please in early 1986 with Shep Pettibone. Originally the duo had planned to offer it to Hi-NRG singer Hazell Dean or — more notoriously — Madonna, but they ultimately kept it for themselves. The duo's version of the song was intended to be used in the Steven Spielberg produced film Innerspace, but the dance sequence it was intended for was at the wrong tempo for the song. The song was originally called "Heartbeat", but was changed after Culture Club drummer Jon Moss announced the formation of a group Heartbeat UK.
The lyrics are noted for being more traditional than most Pet Shop Boys songs, being a straightforward declaration of love — the norm for pop songs.
The song was re-recorded for Actually with producer Andy Richards, and was mixed by Julian Mendelsohn. The single remix is an edit of the Richards' version with the use of wah wah guitar, to make it sound very 70's.
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Directed by Jack Bond, director of the band's 1987 film It Couldn't Happen Here, the "Heart" video is based on the 1926 film Nosferatu. The video opens with Tennant and his bride (Danijela Čolić) being driven to a castle with and Lowe as his chauffeur. As he's going to bed with his bride, the Vampire, played by Ian McKellen, spies them. Later he seduces the bride and Tennant is turned to stone, finally Lowe drives Nosferatu and his bride away. The video was shot in Yugoslavia.
| Preceded by: "Don't Turn Around" by Aswad |
UK number one single April 3, 1988 |
Succeeded by: "Theme from S'Express" by S'Express |
| Pet Shop Boys |
| Neil Tennant | Chris Lowe |
| Discography |
| Albums: Please | Actually | Introspective | Behaviour | Very | Bilingual | Nightlife | Release | Fundamental |
| Soundtracks and scores: Closer to Heaven (Original Cast Recording) | Battleship Potemkin |
| Remix albums: Disco | Disco 2 | Disco 3 |
| Compilations: Discography: The Complete Singles Collection | Alternative | PopArt: The Hits |
| Live: Concrete |
| Related Articles |
| Other projects: It Couldn't Happen Here | Results | Spaghetti Records | Closer to Heaven | Back to Mine: Pet Shop Boys |
[edit] References
- Interviews: Pet Shop Boys. Remember the Eighties (March 2004). Retrieved on 2006-06-29.
- Heath, Chris (2001). "Heart". In Actually / Further Listening 1987-1988 [CD liner notes]. London: Pet Shop Boys Partnership.
- Longmire, Ernie and Steffen Gärtner (1989-2006). Pet Shop Boys: Heart (TXT). Gardner's Pet Shop Boys Discography. Gardner Publishing Ltd. Retrieved on 2006-09-10.
- Raggett, Ned. Heart. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2006-09-10.
