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“Two Hearts Beat As One” by U2

From the album War (1983)

“Two Hearts Beat As One” by U2 appears on 52 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 1983 and 2025. It was first released in 1983 on the album War. Its best result is #19 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #63 alternative song of 1983, #516 alternative song of all time and #215 of the '80s.

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U2 - Two Hearts Beat As One (Official Music Video)

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"Two Hearts Beat as One" sits seventh on U2's 1983 album War, and on 21 March that year it went out as the record's second single in the US, the UK and Australia. It's U2 in a hurry: tense, urgent and built to move, dancing the way this band does everything, with its jaw set and its heart hammering.

Adam Clayton's bass is the engine, a bounding, elastic line that pulls the whole thing forward, while Larry Mullen, Jr. drives it on drums and percussion and the Edge flicks out chiming electric guitar and a little piano. Bono sings lead and adds a guitar of his own, straining for the high notes like a man trying to be heard across a crowded room, and Kenny Fradley's trumpet sneaks in too.

All four share the songwriting credit. Steve Lillywhite produced it, with Paul Thomas engineering and Kevin Killen assisting, and the sound is big, bright and punchy, every instrument elbowing for the front.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 19 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 21 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 329 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 253 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 73 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 80 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1989 100 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1990 266 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 511 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 184 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 258 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 475 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 619 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 700 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 259 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 295 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 738 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1996 419 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 908 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1998 338 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1998 818 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 121 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 493 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 103 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 535 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 583 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
1999 877 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2000 535 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 535 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 215 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 535 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 794 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 876 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 319 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 535 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 603 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 535 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 312 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 536 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 837 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 1652 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1616 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1630 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1673 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1738 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1694 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1753 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2019 329 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2021 1038 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 757 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2023 222 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2025 312 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800

Also listed as: Two Hearts Beat as One; Two Hearts (Beat As One); Two Hearts Beat as one.

Charting alongside it in 1983

Best songs of 1983 →
  1. 1New Year's DayU2
  2. 2Let's DanceDavid Bowie
  3. 3The LovecatsThe Cure
  4. 4Every Breath You TakeThe Police
  5. 5Rebel YellBilly Idol
  6. 6In a Big CountryBig Country

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