Two Hearts Beat as One

"Two Hearts Beat as One"

7" vinyl
Single by U2
from the album War
Released March 1983
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Recorded 1982, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
Genre Rock, post-punk
Length 3:52
Label Island
Producer Steve Lillywhite
U2 singles chronology
"New Year's Day"
(1983)		 "Two Hearts Beat as One"
(1983)		 "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
(1983)

"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 the US, UK and Australia.

Contents

History

"Two Hearts Beat as One" features a propulsive bassline by Adam Clayton and achieved moderate success as a single in the UK and with album oriented rock airplay in the U.S.

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.

It was released as the album's second single in the US, UK and Australia, as opposed to "Sunday Bloody Sunday", which was released only in the mainland of Europe. Both singles were released in Japan.

Live

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.[1]

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.

Track listings

7" release
No. Title Length
1. "Two Hearts Beat as One" (7" edit) 3:52
2. "Endless Deep"   2:58
12" release
No. Title Length
1. "Two Hearts Beat as One" (Club version) 5:40
2. "New Year's Day" (U.S. remix) 4:30
3. "Two Hearts Beat as One" (U.S. remix) 4:23
7" UK and Ireland release
No. Title Length
1. "Two Hearts Beat as One" (7" edit) 3:52
2. "Endless Deep"   2:58
3. "New Year's Day" (U.S. remix) 4:30
4. "Two Hearts Beat as One" (U.S. Remix) 5:40
7" French release
No. Title Length
1. "Two Hearts Beat as One" (Album version) 4:02
2. "Two Hearts Beat as One" (Import mix) 3:42

Chart positions

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart[2] 2
New Zealand Singles Chart[3] 16
UK Singles Chart[4] 18
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[5] 12

See also

References

  1. ^ U2-vertigo-tour.com, Last performance of Two Hearts Beat as One
  2. ^ "Irish Singles Chart". The Irish Charts. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 2009-11-23.  Note: U2 must be searched manually.
  3. ^ "U2 - Two Hearts Beat as One". Hung Median. http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=U2&titel=Two+Hearts+Beat+As+One&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-11-24. 
  4. ^ "EveryHit.com search results: U2". Everyhit.com. http://www.everyhit.com. Retrieved 2009-11-22.  Note: U2 must be searched manually.
  5. ^ "U2: Charts and Awards". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 2009-11-21. http://www.webcitation.org/5lShoqdHr. Retrieved 2010-10-16. 
U2 singles discography
1980s

1980: "Another Day" • "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" • "A Day Without Me" • "I Will Follow" • 1981: "Fire" • "Gloria" • 1982: "A Celebration" • "I Will Follow" (live recorded by Veronica's Countdown) • 1983: "New Year's Day" • "Two Hearts Beat as One" • "Sunday Bloody Sunday" • 1984: "I Will Follow" (live, from Under a Blood Red Sky) • "Pride (In the Name of Love)" • 1985: "The Unforgettable Fire" • 1987: "With or Without You" • "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" • "Where the Streets Have No Name" • "In God's Country" • 1988: "One Tree Hill" • "Desire" • "Angel of Harlem" • 1989: "When Love Comes to Town" (with B.B. King) • "All I Want Is You"
1990s

1991: "The Fly" • "Mysterious Ways" • 1992: "One" • "Even Better Than the Real Thing" • "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" • 1993: "Numb" • "Lemon" • "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" • 1995: "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" • "Miss Sarajevo" (as Passengers) • 1997: "Discothèque" • "Staring at the Sun" • "Last Night on Earth" • "Please" • "If God Will Send His Angels" • "Mofo" • 1998: "Sweetest Thing"
2000s