The Last Beat of My Heart
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"The Last Beat of My Heart" is a song written, produced and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released in late 1988 as the third and final single from the band's ninth studio album, Peepshow. In 2021, Spin rated it in their list of "the 50 best alt-rock love songs", for its "slow-climbing swell of accordion and muted tom-tom thump", qualifying it as a "perfect marriage of words and atmosphere".[1]
Music and legacy
The song is a ballad with strings and accordion. Siouxsie's vocals addressed a lover who is leaving a relationship, as she asked for him to return to her. She declared her desire to be "close to you til the last beat of my heart".
Several musicians later praised the song. The Decemberists qualified it as one of their favourite Siouxsie and the Banshees songs.[2] Arcade Fire singer Win Butler suggested the band DeVotchKa to cover it and they recorded a version on their 2006 EP Curse Your Little Heart.[3] The Flowers of Hell released a version on their 2012 album Odes, on which they covered their influences.[4]
"The Last Beat of My Heart" reached number 44 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1988.[5] Upon its inclusion on the 1992 compilation album Twice Upon a Time - The Singles, a live version of the song from 1991 recorded on the last date of the Lollapalooza festival replaced the single version. A live video of that version was also filmed by a production company on the same day and uploaded on YouTube in 2007.[6]
References
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- ↑ Reed, Ryan. "The 50 Best Alt-Rock Love Songs: 25. Siouxsie & the Banshees – “The Last Beat of My Heart”". Spin.com. February 12, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ↑ Meloy, Colin. Decemberists interview.Pitchfork.com. 15 September 2006. "The Last Beat of My Heart" : "It's one of my favorite Siouxsie and the Banshees songs".
- ↑ Frenette, Brad. "DeVotchKa finds joy in the sadness – interview". Nationalpost.com. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2014. "We were playing in Montreal, and Arcade Fire stopped by, back in the earlier days. We were doing this covers album and Win [Butler] recommended that we record The Last Beat of My Heart" Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Adams, Gregory. Flowers of Hell Reveal 'Odes' Details, Share Joy Division Cover Exclaim.ca. 7 September 2012.
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