BLOGGER TEMPLATES AND TWITTER BACKGROUNDS

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Taana Gardner - Heartbeat (1981)


Heartbeat is a 1981 disco single by Taana Gardner.  It was arranged by Dennis Weeden and Kenton Nix and released by West Emd Records, with the more famous club mix created by Larry Levan. It reached US Billboard R&B at #10, US Billboard Dance charts at #6.
Heartbeat's bass line and tune has been extensively sampled in hip hop, pop music and dance music:

"Heartbeat" was sampled by Ini Kamoze for his song Here Comes the Hotstepper, a #1 song on the American pop charts in December 1994.
The group Seduction recorded a cover of this song on their 1989 CD, Nothing Matters Without Love. Released as a single, the song peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1990.
It was also sampled by De La Soul for their song "Buddy"; a track which was later sampled by recording artist Musiq Soulchild for his song B.U.D.D.Y..
Norwegian pop singer Annie based her song "I Will Get On" on Gardner's song "Heartbeat.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiYQzvc_x4Q

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