Song · The Psychedelic Furs
“Heartbeat” by The Psychedelic Furs
From the album Mirror Moves (1984)
“Heartbeat” by The Psychedelic Furs appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1984 and 2002. It was first released in 1984 on the album Mirror Moves. Its best result is #61 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #137 alternative song of 1984, #3,630 alternative song of all time and #429 of the '80s.
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"Heartbeat" comes from Mirror Moves, the Psychedelic Furs' 1984 album, with John Ashton's music under Richard Butler's words. Keith Forsey produced it and also played the drums and percussion, and you can hear the gloss he brought: everything sleek, shiny and dance-floor ready.
Ashton's guitar chimes and cuts, Tim Butler's bass pushes the beat along, and Mars Williams's saxophone slides in to warm up the chill. Richard Butler's rasp is still the star, half sneer and half croon. Dave Wittman mixed it, with Steve Hodge engineering.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 61 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1984 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 62 | WLIR / WDRE | WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s | 200 |
| 1988 | 92 | WLIR / WDRE | WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) | 200 |
| 1989 | 402 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 1999 | 617 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2002 | 1464 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
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