With Every Heartbeat

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“With Every Heartbeat”
Single by Robyn and Kleerup from the album Robyn
B-side	"Konichiwa Bitches"
Released	January 15, 2007 (2007-01-15) (see release history)
Format	Digital download CD maxi single 12" maxi single 7" single
Recorded	2006
Genre	Electro-Pop
Length	4:13 (album version) 3:18 (radio edit)
Label	Konichiwa Records Island
Writer(s)	Robyn Andreas Kleerup
Producer	Kleerup
Robyn singles chronology
"Crash and Burn Girl" (2006) "With Every Heartbeat" (2007) Cobrastyle (2008) Robyn UK singles chronology "Konichiwa Bitches" (2007) "With Every Heartbeat" (2007) "Handle Me" (2007) Robyn US singles chronology "Show Me Love" (1998) "With Every Heartbeat" (2008) "Handle Me" (2008) Alternate Covers UK Single cover UK Promo single cover US Digital single cover US 12" Promo cover Belgium Remix cover

"With Every Heartbeat" is the second UK single released from Swedish pop singer-songwriter Robyn's 2005 self-titled album Robyn. A collaboration with Kleerup, it was released as a non-album single in Sweden and reached #18.

Contents 1 Background and composition 2 Release and reception 3 Music video 4 Track listing 4.1 Sweden Single 4.2 UK Single 4.3 German Single 4.4 Belgium Single 4.5 US Single 5 Charts 6 Release history 7 Personnel 8 References

[edit] Background and composition

"With Every Heartbeat" is an electropop ballad. The song runs for four minutes and thirteen seconds in its entire form. It is composed in the key of D major,^[1] and is set in common time.^[1] It is constructed in the common verse-chorus form. The song was composed in Kleerup's living room, where Robyn came up with the song's melody.^[2] The string parts were originally arranged by Carl Bagge using the Sibelius Software.^[2]

[edit] Release and reception

A physical single was released in the UK on 6 August 2007. It was named as both Jo Whiley's and Scott Mills's "Record of the Week" and was A-Listed on BBC's Radio 1.^[2] Robyn performed the song live on Radio 1 during the Jo Whiley Show on 8 August 2007. It also received strong support by Popjustice, who later ranked the single as the best of 2007.^[3]

"With Every Heartbeat" became Robyn's biggest hit in the UK, becoming her first number one, second top ten and fourth top forty hit of her career. The song charted inside the top five on downloads alone the week before the song's physical release. Athlete and Girls Aloud have covered the song on Radio 1's Live Lounge on separate occasions, with the latter performing it as part of their Tangled Up Tour.

The song is scheduled for release in the United States in March 2008. This would be Robyn's first US single since "Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)". The song has been getting play on Canadian radio stations such as CJFM.

[edit] Music video

Two videos were filmed for the song. Kleerup's version shows assorted scenes of life in New York while Robyn's version shows the singer walking among colourful building blocks and board game pawns. Robyn wears her trademark neckscarf in the video, which changes colour as the song progresses. The song pans out half way through the video to show Robyn is miniature and in fact on a desk in Kleerup's studio. On display in Kleerup's studio is a vinyl copy of Barbra Streisand's album Guilty. The video finishes with the blocks featured in the video tumbling down with Robyn running away from them, however they crash down quickly crushing her to death.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Sweden Single

CD single

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (Album Version) - 4:06
2. "With Every Heartbeat" (Meatboys Remix) - 4:24
3. "With Every Heartbeat" (Punks Jump Up Remix) - 5:58
4. "With Every Heartbeat" (Rory Phillips Remix) - 6:07

[edit] UK Single

7" Single

Side A

1. "With Every Heartbeat"

Side B

1. "Konichiwa Bitches"

12" Single

Side A

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (Album Version) - 4:10
2. "With Every Heartbeat" (Tong & Spoon Wonderland Remix) - 7:15

Side B

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (Punks Jump Up Remix) - 5:19
2. "With Every Heartbeat" (Steve Angello Dub) - 7:12

CD Promo

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (Acoustic Version) - 3:34

CD single

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (Radio Edit) - 3:17
2. "With Every Heartbeat" (Tong & Spoon Wonderland Remix) - 7:17
3. "With Every Heartbeat" (Punks Jump Up Remix) - 5:23
4. "With Every Heartbeat" (Album Version) - 4:12
5. "Konichiwa Bitches" (Video) - 3:06

[edit] German Single

12" Single (Part 1)

Side A

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (Steve Angello Dub)
2. "With Every Heartbeat" (Hugg & Pepp Remix)

Side B

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (Punks Jump Up Remix)
2. "With Every Heartbeat" (Kleerup Remix)

12" Single (Part 2)

Side A

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (Corenell Remix)

Side B

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (VooDoo & Serano Remix)

CD single

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (Radio Edit) - 3:20
2. "With Every Heartbeat" (Album Version) - 4:15
3. "With Every Heartbeat" (Acoustic Version) - 3:37
4. "With Every Heartbeat" (Punks Jump Up Remix) - 5:25
5. "With Every Heartbeat" (VooDoo & Serano Edit) - 6:15
6. "With Every Heartbeat" (Kleerup Remix) - 7:07
7. "With Every Heartbeat" (Video) - 4:03

[edit] Belgium Single

CD Remix Maxi-Single

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (Album Version) - 4:13
2. "With Every Heartbeat" (Voodoo & Serano Remix) - 6:14
3. "With Every Heartbeat" (Corenell Remix) - 6:35
4. "With Every Heartbeat" (Kenson Remix) - 7:15
5. "With Every Heartbeat" (Tong & Spoon Wonderland Remix) - 7:17
6. "With Every Heartbeat" (Hugg & Pepp Remix) - 7:04
7. "With Every Heartbeat" (Punks Jump Up Remix) - 5:21
8. "With Every Heartbeat" (Steve Angello Dub) - 7:13
9. "With Every Heartbeat" (Kleerup Remix) - 6:49

[edit] US Single

12" Promo

Side A

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (Tong & Spoon Wonderland Remix) - 7:15
2. "With Every Heartbeat" (Corenell Remix) - 6:33

Side B

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (Voodoo & Serano Remix) - 6:12
2. "With Every Heartbeat" (Punks Jump Up Remix) - 5:21
3. "With Every Heartbeat" (Album Version) - 4:13

Digital Download

1. "With Every Heartbeat" (Album Version) - 4:15
2. "With Every Heartbeat" (Tong & Spoon Wonderland Remix) - 7:14

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position[4]
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[5]	69
Belgian Singles Chart	8
Bulgarian Singles Chart	3
Danish Singles Chart	7
Dutch Top 40	7
French Singles Chart	30
German Singles Chart	38
Irish Singles Chart	15
Italian Singles Chart	12
MYX International Top 20 (Philippines)	18
Turkey Top 20 Chart[6]	15
UK Singles Chart	1
United World Chart	40

Chart (2008)	Peak position[7]
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay	12
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales	4

[edit] Release history

Region	Date	Format
Sweden	January 15, 2007	CD single
United Kingdom	July 30, 2007	Digital download
	August 6, 2007	CD single
Republic of Ireland	August 3, 2007
Germany	October 19, 2007
United States	January 29, 2008	Digital download

[edit] Personnel

• Music by Robyn and Andreas Kleerup
• Lyrics by Robyn
• Produced by Kleerup
• Violin performed by Johanna Talvelin and Karin Lijenberg
• Viola performed by Ida Nyman
• Cello performed by Cecilia Lione
• Mixed by Eric Wikstroon and Andreas Kleerup at Delorsan
• Published by BMG Music Publishing/Universal Music Publishing

[edit] References

Preceded by "The Way I Are" by Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson	UK Singles Chart number-one single August 19, 2007- August 26, 2007	Succeeded by "Stronger" by Kanye West
Preceded by "Gotta Work" by Amerie	GIB Singles Chart number one single August 19, 2007 - August 26, 2007	Succeeded by "Shut Up And Drive" by Rihanna

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