"Heartbeat"
Single by King Crimson
from the album Beat
B-side	"Requiem"
Released	June 1982[1]
Recorded	1982
Genre	New wave[2] pop rock[2]
Length	3:54
Label	Warner Records
Songwriter(s)	Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin
Producer(s)	Rhett Davies
King Crimson singles chronology
"Thela Hun Ginjeet" (1981) "Heartbeat" (1982) "Three of a Perfect Pair" (1984)

"Heartbeat" is a song by the band King Crimson, released as a single in 1982. In the beginning of the music video there is a stream of faces blending into one another, one of the earliest examples of the dissolving/morphing technique which would later be employed in Godley & Creme's "Cry" and Michael Jackson's "Black or White".

The song was later recorded by King Crimson guitarist and singer Adrian Belew for his 1990 solo album, Young Lions.

Track listing

7" version

1. "Heartbeat" (Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin)
2. "Requiem" (Edited version) (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)

12" version

1. "Heartbeat" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)
2. "Neal and Jack and Me" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)
3. "Sartori in Tangier" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)

Personnel

• Robert Fripp – guitar, organ
• Adrian Belew – guitar, lead vocals
• Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman stick, backing vocals
• Bill Bruford – drums