Heartbeats

by The Knife

Heartbeats cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 27 December 2002
  • Label: Rabid
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 16:42
  • Community rating: 4.12/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Propelled by a distinctive, bouncing synthesizer sequence that balances cold, mechanical electronics with deeply romantic, bittersweet lyricism. The track fundamentally shaped the sound of 2000s indie-pop and Scandinavian electronic music. It gained further international recognition after being covered acoustically by Jos茅 Gonz谩lez for a prominent commercial campaign.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, synth, electronic, minimal

Tracklist

  1. Heartbeats (3:51)
  2. Heartbeats - Rex The Dog Remix (6:12)
  3. Heartbeats - The Knife Techno Remix (2:49)
  4. Afraid of You (3:48)

Credits

  • The Knife - primary artist, design [cover design], recorded by, producer, words by, music by, mixed by, remix
  • Henrik Jonsson - mastered by
  • Christoffer Berg - mixed by
  • Paul K盲llman - remix

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