My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)

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"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)"
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Single by Dead or Alive
from the album Youthquake
B-side "Big Daddy of the Rhythm" (live)
ReleasedSeptember 1985
Recorded1985
Genre Hi-NRG • dance-pop
Length3:13
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Stock Aitken Waterman
Dead or Alive singles chronology
"In Too Deep"
(1985)		"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)"
(1985)		"Brand New Lover"
(1986)
Music video
"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" on YouTube

"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" is a 1985 song by the English pop band Dead or Alive. It was the fourth and final single from the band's second studio album Youthquake . It peaked at No. 23 on the UK singles chart, No. 12 in Japan, and became a dance hit in the U.S.

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The original album version of the song was reworked for its subsequent single release, receiving largely different instrumentation that closer resembled the band's earlier hit single You Spin Me Round (Like A Record).

Two 7" single mixes and two 12" extended remixes were released, including the "American 'Wipe-out'" mixes featuring additional, uncredited guitar by Matt Aitken. The single was then remixed a third time for Dead or Alive's compilation album, Rip It Up , released in the fall of 1987. "My Heart Goes Bang" was again remixed and re-recorded for Fragile (2000) and Unbreakable (2001) which were only available on Avex Trax in Japan.

The music video depicts lead singer Pete Burns in a leather jacket on the back of a motorcycle, and the band walking down a catwalk.

Track listing

UK 7"
No.TitleLength
1."My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (7" version)3:10
2."Big Daddy of the Rhythm" (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)3:25
US 7"
No.TitleLength
1."My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (7" Wipe-out mix†)3:31
2."Cake and Eat It" (fade-in intro)4:44
UK 12"
No.TitleLength
1."My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (Extended mix)7:20
2."Big Daddy of the Rhythm" (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)3:25
3."My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (7" version)3:10
UK 12" Limited Edition
No.TitleLength
1."My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (7" version)3:10
2."Big Daddy of the Rhythm" (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)3:25
3."Cake and Eat It" (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)5:35
4."In Too Deep" (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)4:36
UK 12" (American 'Wipe-out' mix)
No.TitleLength
1."My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (American 'Wipe-out' mix)6:40
2."Big Daddy of the Rhythm" (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)3:25
3."My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (instrumental version)4:31
US 12" (American 'Wipe-out' mix)
No.TitleLength
1."My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (American 'Wipe-out' mix††)6:19
2."My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (Extended mix)7:20

Source: [1]

Notes

† Exclusive to the U.S.

†† Edited to 6:19 from the original UK 12" release.

Charts

Chart (1985–1986)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 41
French Singles Chart [3] 32
Irish Singles Chart [4] 21
Japanese Singles Chart [5] 12
Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg) [6] 15
UK Singles Chart [7] 23
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play [8] 15

References

  1. ↑ Dead Or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor), 1985, retrieved 2023-08-09
  2. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 85. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  3. ↑ "lescharts.com - Dead Or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor)". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  4. ↑ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  5. ↑ SINGLE CHART-BOOK COMPLETE EDITION 1968–2010. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2012. ISBN   4871310884.
  6. ↑ "Radio Luxembourg Singles". umdmusic.com. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Official Charts > Dead or Alive". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Dead or Alive Album & Song Chart History - Dance/Club Songs". Billboard . Retrieved 18 September 2010.
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