Two Hearts Beat as One

"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 that album’s second single in the US, UK and Australia.

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 US.

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 made further subsequent appearance when it was performed as part of the encore at a Lovetown Tour concert on 27 December 1989, in the Point Depot, Dublin.^[1] The song was not played live again for 25 years until a New York concert during the Innocence + Experience Tour.

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
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	53
Ireland (IRMA)^[3]	2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[4]	16
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[5]	18
US Billboard Top Tracks^[6]	12

References

↑ Mühlbradt, Matthias; Axver, André. "U2 Dublin, 1989-12-27, Point Depot, Lovetown Tour – U2 on tour". U2gigs.com. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
↑ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989, part 2". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Two Hearts Beat as One". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – U2 – Two Hearts Beat As One". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
↑ "Archive Chart: 1983-04-09" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
↑ "War – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 16 July 2013.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

War track listing

“Sunday Bloody Sunday” “Seconds” “New Year’s Day” “Like a Song” “Drowning Man (U2 song)” “The Refugee” “Two Hearts Beat as One” “Red Light” “Surrender” “40”

October The Unforgettable Fire

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	2000 "Beautiful Day" 2001 "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" "Elevation" "Walk On" 2002 "Electrical Storm" 2004 "Vertigo" 2005 "All Because of You" "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" "City of Blinding Lights" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (live, with Paul McCartney) 2006 "One" (with Mary J. Blige) "The Saints Are Coming" (with Green Day) 2007 "Window in the Skies" 2008 "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (with The Dubliners, Kíla, and A Band of Bowsies) 2009 "Get On Your Boots" "Magnificent" "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"

2010s	2011 "I Will Follow" (live from Glastonbury) 2013 "Ordinary Love" 2014 "Invisible" "The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)" "Every Breaking Wave" 2015 "Song for Someone"

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