Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat

"Heartbeat (It's a Lovebeat)"
Single by The DeFranco Family
from the album Heartbeat (It's a Lovebeat)
B-side	"Sweet, Sweet Loretta"
Released	May 1973[1]
Genre	Bubblegum pop[2]
Length	2:59
Label	20th Century Records
Songwriter(s)	Mike Kennedy, Greg Williams
The DeFranco Family singles chronology
"Heartbeat (It's a Lovebeat)" (1973) "Abra-Ca-Dabra" (1973)

"Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" is a 1973 single by the Canadian group The DeFranco Family. It was the title track of their first album and the group's debut single.

Charts

The song was a success in the United States and Canada. It reached No.3 in both nations, as well as reaching No.6 in Australia. It was their highest ranking song, and it became a gold record in the US. Were it not for Carly Simon's "You're So Vain", "Heartbeat" would have been the No.1 song for 1973 on WLS, having racked up five consecutive weeks at No.1 there, from 20 October through 17 November.^[3]

Weekly charts Chart (1973) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 6 Canada RPM Top Singles 3 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5] 32 US Billboard Hot 100 3 US Billboard Adult Contemporary[6] 49 US Cash Box Top 100[7] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1973) Rank Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 55 Canada[9] 31 US Cash Box[10] 83

Television appearances

"Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" was performed multiple times on various television programs, including The Mike Douglas Show, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, Jack Benny's Second Farewell Show, American Bandstand, and Dinah!^{[citation needed]}

Cover versions

• The song appears as a bonus track on the Deluxe Edition of The Replacements' album Let It Be.

• The song appears on the 2023 debut album of the Trans-Canada Highwaymen featuring members of Odds, Barenaked Ladies, Sloan and The Pursuit of Happiness.

In Popular Culture

• Reservoir Dogs: Mr. Pink mentions hearing "Heartbeat" on the radio for the first time since he was in the 5th Grade.^[11]

See also

• List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1973

References

1. "'Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat'/'Sweet, Sweet Loretta' - The DeFranco Family Featuring Tony DeFranco". 45cat. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
2. Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Post-Nuclear Families: Bubblegum". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 23. ISBN 031214704X.
3. "WLS MUSICRADIO 89 BIG 89 OF '73". Retrieved 2019-06-21.
4. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1973-12-15. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
6. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 69.
7. "Cash Box Top 100 11/17/73". Archived from the original on 2016-12-27. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
8. "National Top 100 Singles for 1974". Kent Music Report. December 30, 1974. Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Imgur.
9. Top 100 Singles of '73
10. "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1973". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
11. "Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs" screenplay scriptslug.com; retrieved 2023-09-25 (p. 5)

External links

• Listen to "Heartbeat (It's a Love Beat)" on YouTube