"
My Heart Goes Bang" is the fourth and final single from
Dead or AliveDead or Alive is a British New Wave band from Liverpool, England that rose to popularity during the 1980s with their 1985 #1 UK single "You Spin Me Round ". Dead or Alive was the first group to have a #1 single under the production team Stock Aitken Waterman...
's second studio album
YouthquakeYouthquake is the second album by the British pop group Dead or Alive and was released in May 1985. This album was their commercial breakthrough in Europe and the United States, due to the single "You Spin Me Round", which was a UK number-one hit and a top 20 hit in the United States...
. It charted at #23 in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
, #14 in
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
, #41 in
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
and became a huge dance hit in the U.S.
The Youthquake version was
remixedRemixed may refer to:*Remixed *Remixed *Remixed *Remixed *Remixed *Remixed Records, a record label*Remixed, an album by Amber...
into one 7inch single and two 12inch extended versions. This was then edited for and segued into the Rip It Up compilation released in 1987.
Parts of the music video depict lead singer
Pete BurnsPeter "Pete" Burns is an English singer-songwriter, known for his work as frontman of dance band Dead or Alive, who achieved mainstream success in 1985 with their hit single "You Spin Me Round "....
in a leather jacket on the back of a motorcycle, and the band walking down a catwalk in sunglasses.
"
My Heart Goes Bang" was remixed and re-recorded for
FragileFragile may refer to:In music:*Fragile , an album by Yes released in 1971*Fragile , an album by Dead or Alive released in 2000*Fragile , an album by Saron Gas released in 2000...
and
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which were only available on Avex Label in Japan.
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"
My Heart Goes Bang" is the fourth and final single from
Dead or AliveDead or Alive is a British New Wave band from Liverpool, England that rose to popularity during the 1980s with their 1985 #1 UK single "You Spin Me Round ". Dead or Alive was the first group to have a #1 single under the production team Stock Aitken Waterman...
's second studio album
YouthquakeYouthquake is the second album by the British pop group Dead or Alive and was released in May 1985. This album was their commercial breakthrough in Europe and the United States, due to the single "You Spin Me Round", which was a UK number-one hit and a top 20 hit in the United States...
. It charted at #23 in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
, #14 in
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
, #41 in
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
and became a huge dance hit in the U.S.
The Youthquake version was
remixedRemixed may refer to:*Remixed *Remixed *Remixed *Remixed *Remixed *Remixed Records, a record label*Remixed, an album by Amber...
into one 7inch single and two 12inch extended versions. This was then edited for and segued into the Rip It Up compilation released in 1987.
Parts of the music video depict lead singer
Pete BurnsPeter "Pete" Burns is an English singer-songwriter, known for his work as frontman of dance band Dead or Alive, who achieved mainstream success in 1985 with their hit single "You Spin Me Round "....
in a leather jacket on the back of a motorcycle, and the band walking down a catwalk in sunglasses.
"
My Heart Goes Bang" was remixed and re-recorded for
FragileFragile may refer to:In music:*Fragile , an album by Yes released in 1971*Fragile , an album by Dead or Alive released in 2000*Fragile , an album by Saron Gas released in 2000...
and
UnbreakableUnbreakable is a 2000 psychological thriller film written, produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. The film stars Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn and Spencer Treat Clark. Unbreakable tells the story of Philadelphia security guard, David Dunn, who slowly discovers that he is...
which were only available on Avex Label in Japan. (No Dead Or Alive Authorised video clip is known of by the author of this paragraph for the Japanese Market remixes.)
Chart performance
| Chart (1985) |
Peak
position |
| Austrlian ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
|
41 |
| Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband der phonographischen Wirtschaft...
|
14 |
| UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The full chart contains the top 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...
|
23 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
|
15 |