With Every Heartbeat

This article is about the Robyn song. For the Five Star song, see With Every Heartbeat (Five Star song). For the Swedish film, see With Every Heartbeat (film).
"With Every Heartbeat"
Single by Robyn and Kleerup
from the album Robyn (international edition) and Kleerup
B-side "Konichiwa Bitches"
Released 10 January 2007 (2007-01-10)
Format CD single, 12" single, 7" single, digital download
Recorded 2006
Length 4:13
Label Konichiwa
Writer(s)
  • Robyn
  • Andreas Kleerup
Producer(s) Kleerup
Robyn singles chronology
"Konichiwa Bitches"
(2007)		 "With Every Heartbeat"
(2007)		 "Cobrastyle"
(2008)
Robyn US singles chronology
"Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)"
(1998)		 "With Every Heartbeat"
(2008)		 "Handle Me"
(2008)
Kleerup chronology
"With Every Heartbeat"
(2007)		 "Longing for Lullabies"
(2008)
Alternative cover
Swedish cover
Music sample
"With Every Heartbeat"
Music video
"With Every Heartbeat" on YouTube

"With Every Heartbeat" is a song by Swedish recording artist Robyn and Swedish producer Kleerup. It was released on 30 July 2007 in the United Kingdom as the second single from the international edition of Robyn's self-titled fourth studio album, Robyn. In Sweden the single was released on 10 January 2007 to promote Kleerup's self-titled debut album with him as the main artist.

The song peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and reached the top ten in Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands. In the United States, where it was released as Robyn's first single since "Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)" (1998), it peaked at number twenty-eight on Billboard's Hot Singles Sales chart.

Background and composition

"With Every Heartbeat" is a song that 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 has an unconventional pop song structure, with no distinct chorus. 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 Sibelius.[2]

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]

The song was released in the United States in January 2008. A remix version is also featured in the soundtrack of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. It was also featured in the 2007 movie Boy A and on the video game Grand Theft Auto V.

Reception

Digital Spy's Alex Fletcher gave the song four stars (out of five) and wrote "'With Every Heartbeat' is reminiscent of 90s dance tracks by the likes of Robert Miles. [...] The laid back, coffee-table friendly styling of the track calls to mind Moon Safari era Air, particularly their forgotten classic 'Kelly Watch The Stars'. While the lyrics may be devoid of any emotional clout, they tumble along pleasantly enough while the bleeps and glitches provided by Kleerup nurture your ears."[4]

Steve Perkins of BBC Chart Blog praised the song for its lack of a chorus, writing "when you peel this song apart, it's actually very cylical regardless: odd lines are repeated, but carefully chosen as if to reinforce the point that a new line just made. [...] There's a trembling quality to Robyn's voice in this song – as though she could fall apart at any moment but is keeping herself together by sheer force of will – which adds enormously to the fighting spirit of a song that is pessimistic without being bleak."[5] Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed the song at 46 on their Top 500 Tracks of the Decade list.[6] In October 2011, NME placed it at number 30 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[7]

Music video

Two videos were filmed for the song. Kleerup's version shows assorted scenes of life in New York City, while Robyn's version shows the singer walking among colourful building blocks and board game pawns. Robyn wears her trademark neckscarf and tights, which change colour as the song progresses. The stop motion animation moves in sync with the music. The song pans out halfway through the video to reveal that 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 while Robyn runs away from them, one successfully crushes her. This version of the video is a tribute to the animation of the highly respected late German artist Oskar Fischinger specifically his work entitled Komposition in Blau.

Covers

Athlete, The Hoosiers, and Girls Aloud have all covered the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on separate occasions. Girls Aloud released their version of the song as a B-side to their "Can't Speak French" single in early 2008 and they performed it in their live set for the Tangled Up Tour.

Rachel Hylton performed the song during the first week of the X Factor live shows in 2008.

Track listing

Sweden

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

UK

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

US

12" [romo

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

Germany

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

Belgium

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

Personnel

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Chart performance

"With Every Heartbeat" was Robyn's biggest hit in the United Kingdom, where it became the 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. The song sold 270,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official Charts Company and 224,000 copies in the US according to Billboard Biz.

Charts

Chart (2007–08) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 69
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[10] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 8
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[12] 47
Denmark (Tracklisten)[13] 7
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[14] 23
France (SNEP)[15] 30
Germany (Official German Charts)[16] 38
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[17] 14
Ireland (IRMA)[18] 15
Italy (FIMI)[19] 12
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[20] 7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 23
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 61
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23] 1
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[24] 5

Release history

Region Date Format
Sweden 10 January 2007 CD single
United Kingdom 30 July 2007 Digital download
6 August 2007 CD single
Republic of Ireland 3 August 2007
Germany 19 October 2007
United States 29 January 2008 Digital download

In popular culture

"With Every Heartbeat" is featured in the in-game soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto V on the Non-Stop-Pop FM radio station.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "With Every Heartbeat". Sheetmusicdirect.us. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sibelius scores UK chart No.1". Sibelius.com. 20 August 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
  3. ↑ "The Greatest Singles of 2007". Popjustice. 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
  4. ↑ Fletcher, Alex. "Music – Singles Review – Robyn & Kleerup: 'With Every Heartbeat' – Digital Spy". Digital Spy. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  5. ↑ Perkins, Steve (30 July 2007). "BBC – Chart Blog: Robyn – 'With Every Heartbeat'". BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ http://www.nme.com/list/150-best-tracks-of-the-past-15-years/248648/page/13
  8. ↑ "Robyn With Kleerup – With Every Heartbeat (CD, Single, Enh) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  9. ↑ "ARIA Report" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Robyn with Kleerup – With Every Heartbeat" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Robyn with Kleerup – With Every Heartbeat" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  12. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200751 into search. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  13. ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Robyn with Kleerup – With Every Heartbeat". Tracklisten. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  14. ↑ "Robyn – Chart history" European Hot 100 for Robyn. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  15. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Robyn with Kleerup – With Every Heartbeat" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  16. ↑ "Musicline.de – ROBYN WITH KLEERUP Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  17. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  18. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 37, 2007". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  19. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Robyn with Kleerup – With Every Heartbeat". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  20. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Robyn with Kleerup search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  21. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Robyn with Kleerup – With Every Heartbeat". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  22. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Robyn with Kleerup – With Every Heartbeat". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  23. ↑ "Robyn: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  24. ↑ "Robyn – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for Robyn. Retrieved 19 February 2011.

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