Chemical Heart

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"Chemical Heart"
Chemical Heart Cover.jpg
Single by Grinspoon
from the album New Detention
Released4 February 2002 (2002-02-04) [1]
Length4:39
Label Universal
Songwriter(s) Grinspoon
Producer(s) Phil McKeller
Grinspoon singles chronology
"Violent and Lazy"
(2000)
"Chemical Heart"
(2002)
"Lost Control"
(2002)

"Chemical Heart" is the first single from Grinspoon's third studio album, New Detention . The song was written as a tribute to Jessica Michalik, who was crushed to death at the Sydney Big Day Out in 2001 during the Limp Bizkit set. [2] It reached No. 25 on the Australian Singles Chart on 31 March 2002. The song was used in the Network Ten series premiere promos for Law & Order: Criminal Intent .

Contents

Track listing

Australian CD single [3]

  1. "Chemical Heart" – 4:40
  2. "Waiting for Take Off" – 2:51
  3. "Gettin' Shit" – 2:27
  4. "Chemical Heart" (acoustic mix) – 4:39

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 25

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References

  1. "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 04/02/2002" (PDF). ARIA. 4 February 2002. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. "EPISODE 3 - the Age of Innocence is over". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 14 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Grinspoon – Chemical Heart". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 14 October 2019.