Hanging on a Heart Attack

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"Hanging on a Heart Attack"
Device Hanging on a Heart Attack 1986 single cover.jpg
Single by Device
from the album 22B3
B-side "Hanging on a Heart Attack (Extended Version)"
Released12 May 1986 [1]
Length
  • 5:07 (album version)
  • 4:02 (single version)
  • 5:58 (extended version)
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mike Chapman
Device singles chronology
"Hanging on a Heart Attack"
(1986)		"Who Says"
(1986)
Music video
"Hanging on a Heart Attack" on YouTube

"Hanging on a Heart Attack" is a song by American pop rock band Device, released in 1986 as the lead single from their only studio album 22B3 . The song was written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman, and was produced by Chapman. "Hanging on a Heart Attack" peaked at number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100. [2]

Contents

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Brian Grant and produced by Frank Hilton for MGMM Productions. [3] It achieved heavy rotation on MTV and peaked at number 10 on the Cash Box Top 30 Music Videos chart. [4] [5]

Critical reception

Upon its release, Cash Box praised Knight as a "songwriter par excellence" and considered "Hanging on a Heart Attack" to be a "tough and eery rocker that has immediate appeal". The reviewer added that the "strong production and vocals from Paul Engemann highlight this latest Knight gem". [6] Nancy Erlich of Billboard noted that the song's "heavy duty dance beat and snippets of weirdness should please both mainstream and alternative rock crowds". [7] Gavin Report wrote, "Device is meticulously constructed from the ground up – right down to the odd guitar lick and a well timed key change. Straddling the line between Album Radio and Top Forty, a record like [this] pretty much defines the 80s modus operandi of airplay rock." [8] Pan-European magazine Music & Media picked the song as one of their "sure hits" in their issue of 16 August 1986 and noted its "melodic and powerful pop chording". [9]

Track listing

7–inch single (US and Canada) [10]

  1. "Hanging on a Heart Attack" – 4:02
  2. "Hanging on a Heart Attack" (Extended Version) – 5:58

7–inch single (UK, Europe, South Africa, Australasia and Japan) [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

  1. "Hanging on a Heart Attack" – 4:02
  2. "Hanging on a Heart Attack" (Instrumental Version) – 5:58

12–inch single (US and Canada) [18]

  1. "Hanging on a Heart Attack" (Dance Mix) – 7:21
  2. "Hanging on a Heart Attack" (Dub Version) – 6:37
  3. "Hanging on a Heart Attack" (Short Version) – 4:24

12–inch single (UK, Europe and Australasia) [19] [20] [21] [22]

  1. "Hanging on a Heart Attack" (Dance Mix) – 7:21
  2. "Hanging on a Heart Attack" (Dub Version) – 6:37
  3. "Hanging on a Heart Attack" (Instrumental Version) – 5:58

Personnel

Device

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [23] 46
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [24] 74
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [25] 8
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 35
US Hot Dance/Disco Club Play ( Billboard ) [26] 14
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles [27] 27
West Germany (Official German Charts) [28] 33

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Hot 100 Singles". Billboard . Vol. 98, no. 34. Billboard Publications, Inc. August 23, 1986. p. 82. ISSN   0006-2510.
  3. ↑ "Video Music: New Video Clips". Billboard . Vol. 98, no. 19. Billboard Publications, Inc. May 10, 1986. p. 63. ISSN   0006-2510.
  4. ↑ "Video Music: MTV Programming". Billboard . Vol. 98, no. 34. Billboard Publications, Inc. August 23, 1986. p. 63. ISSN   0006-2510.
  5. ↑ "Top 30 Music Videos". Cash Box . Vol. 50, no. 9. August 16, 1986. p. 24. ISSN   0008-7289.
  6. ↑ "Single Releases: New and Developing". Cash Box . Vol. 49, no. 52. June 14, 1986. p. 9. ISSN   0008-7289.
  7. ↑ Erlich, Nancy (June 14, 1986). "Reviews: Singles". Billboard . Vol. 98, no. 24. Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 73. ISSN   0006-2510.
  8. ↑ "Album/Alternative: New Releases". The Gavin Report . No. 1606. May 16, 1986. p. 32.
  9. ↑ "M&M Euro Tip Page". Music & Media . Vol. 3, no. 32. 16 August 1986. p. 13.
  10. ↑ Hanging on a Heart Attack (US and Canada 7-inch single sleeve). Device. Chrysalis Records. 1986. VS4-42996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ↑ Hanging on a Heart Attack (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Device. Chrysalis Records. 1986. CHS 2996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ↑ Hanging on a Heart Attack (European 7-inch single sleeve). Device. Chrysalis Records. 1986. 108 341.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ↑ Hanging on a Heart Attack (French 7-inch single sleeve). Device. Chrysalis Records. 1986. 884 898-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ↑ Hanging on a Heart Attack (Italian 7-inch single sleeve). Device. Chrysalis Records. 1986. CHS 419.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ↑ Hanging on a Heart Attack (South African 7-inch single sleeve). Device. Chrysalis Records. 1986. PD 2484.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ↑ Hanging on a Heart Attack (Australasian limited edition 7-inch single sleeve). Device. Chrysalis Records. 1986. K 26, CHS 2296.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  17. ↑ Hanging on a Heart Attack (Japanese 7-inch single sleeve). Device. Chrysalis Records. 1986. WWS-17637.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. ↑ Hanging on a Heart Attack (US and Canada 12-inch single sleeve). Device. Chrysalis Records. 1986. 4V9 43007, CS-43007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. ↑ Hanging on a Heart Attack (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Device. Chrysalis Records. 1986. CHS 12 2996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  20. ↑ Hanging on a Heart Attack (European 12-inch single sleeve). Device. Chrysalis Records. 1986. 608 341.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  21. ↑ Hanging on a Heart Attack (French 12-inch single sleeve). Device. Chrysalis Records. 1986. 884 898-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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