Heartbeat (King Crimson song)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Heartbeat"
Single by King Crimson
from the album Beat
B-side"Requiem"
ReleasedJune 1982[1]
Recorded1982
Genre
Length3:54
LabelWarner Records
Songwriter(s)Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin
Producer(s)Rhett Davies
King Crimson singles chronology
"Thela Hun Ginjeet"
(1981)
"Heartbeat"
(1982)
"Sleepless"
(1984)

"Heartbeat" is a song by the band King Crimson, released as a single in 1982. In the beginning of the music video there is a stream of faces blending into one another, one of the earliest examples of the dissolving/morphing technique which would later be employed in Godley & Creme's "Cry" and Michael Jackson's "Black or White".

The song was later recorded by King Crimson guitarist and singer Adrian Belew for his 1990 solo album, Young Lions.

Track listing[edit]

7" version[edit]

  1. "Heartbeat" (Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin)
  2. "Requiem" (Edited version) (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)

12" version[edit]

  1. "Heartbeat" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)
  2. "Neal and Jack and Me" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)
  3. "Sartori in Tangier" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 460. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ a b Reed, Ryan (25 March 2021). "The Best Song From Every King Crimson Album". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 25 April 2021.