Hearts a Mess

"Hearts a Mess"
Single by Gotye
from the album Like Drawing Blood
Released 2007
Recorded 2004–06
Genre Trip hop, experimental rock, alternative rock, avant-garde, baroque pop
Length 3:32 (radio mix)
6:06 (album version)
Label Independent
Writer(s) Gotye
Producer(s) Gotye
Gotye singles chronology
"Learnalilgivinanlovin"
(2006)
"Hearts a Mess"
(2007)
"Eyes Wide Open"
(2010)

"Hearts a Mess" is a song by the Belgian-born Australian musician Gotye from his second studio album Like Drawing Blood, released as a single in 2007. The song was included on the album The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release "Hearts a Mess" was first released onto YouTube on 5 December 2007 at a total length of four minutes and forty seconds.[1]

Track listing

Digital download[2]
  1. "Hearts a Mess" (radio mix) – 3:32
  2. "Hearts a Mess" – 6:07
  3. "Hearts a Mess" (Supermayer Mix) – 8:21
  4. "Hearts a Mess" (Lull Mix) – 7:41
  5. "Hearts a Mess" (Ocelot Mix) – 5:41
  6. "Hearts a Mess" (Joe Hardy 3AM Mix) – 6:03

Hearts a Mess Remix EP

Digital download[3]
  1. "Hearts a Mess" – 6:05
  2. "Hearts a Mess" (radio mix) – 3:32
  3. "Hearts a Mess" (Supermayer Mix) – 8:21
  4. "Hearts a Mess" (Lull Mix) – 7:41
  5. "Hearts a Mess" (Ocelot Mix) – 5:41
  6. "Hearts a Mess" (Dlake Mix) – 5:25
  7. "Hearts a Mess" (Joe Hardy 3AM Mix) – 6:05
  8. "Hearts a Mess" (Duosseudo Mix) – 5:21

Chart performance

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[4] 3

The song was voted #8 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2006 in 2007. In 2009 the song was voted #77 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009. The song also appears on the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's 2013 film adaptation of the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby. The song was also voted #12 in the Triple J Hottest 100 Past 20 Years in 2013.[5]

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