Heartkiller

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"Heartkiller"
Heartkiller (front).jpg
Single by HIM
from the album Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice
ReleasedDecember 7, 2009 (download)
February 5, 2010 (CD)
Recorded2008–2009
Length3:29
Songwriter(s) Ville Valo
Producer(s) Matt Squire
HIM singles chronology
"The Kiss of Dawn"
(2007)
"Heartkiller"
(2009)
"Strange World"
(2012)

"Heartkiller" is a song by Finnish rock band HIM. It is the third track on their seventh studio album Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice (2010), and was released in December 2009 as the second single from the album. [1]

Contents

Music video

The music video for "Heartkiller" premiered on the band's MySpace page on January 7, 2010, [2] and appeared on their official website and YouTube page a day later.

Track listing

U.S./Finland iTunes single
  1. "Heartkiller" – 3:29
Finnish CD [3] and UK iTunes store
  1. "Heartkiller" – 3:29
  2. "Shatter Me with Hope (The Sword of Democles)" – 4:13
  3. "Heartkiller (Moordeb VRS)" – 3:24
Sweden and Germany CD single [4]
  1. "Heartkiller"
  2. "Shatter Me With Hope (The Sword of Democles)"

Charts

Chart (2009/2010)Peak
position
Finnish Singles Chart5 [5]
German Singles Chart34 [6]
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks30[ citation needed ]

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