My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)

"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)"
"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)"
Single by Dead or Alive
from the album Youthquake
B-side	"Big Daddy of the Rhythm" (live)
Released	September 1985
Recorded	1985
Genre	Hi-NRG; new wave;
Length	3:13
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Pete Burns; Tim Lever; Mike Percy; Steve Coy;
Producer(s)	Stock Aitken Waterman
Dead or Alive singles chronology

"My Heart Goes Bang" is a 1985 song by the British band Dead or Alive. It was the fourth and final single from the band's second studio album Youthquake. It charted at number 23 in the United Kingdom, number 12 in Japan, and became a dance hit in the U.S.

Remixes[]

A 7" remix and two 12" extended remixes of the single were released. The song was then remixed a third time for Dead or Alive's compilation album, Rip It Up, released in the fall of 1987.

"My Heart Goes Bang" was again remixed and re-recorded for Fragile and Unbreakable which were only available on Avex Label in Japan.

Music video[]

Parts of the music video depict lead singer Pete Burns in a leather jacket on the back of a motorcycle, and the band walking down a catwalk in sunglasses. No official music videos were released for the Japanese versions released in 2000.

Track listing[]

UK 7"
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor) [7" US Wipe-Out Mix]"	3:10
2.	"Big Daddy Of The Rhythm (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)"	3:25

UK 12"
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor) [Extended]"	7:20
2.	"Big Daddy Of The Rhythm (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)"	3:25
3.	"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor) [7" US Wipe-Out Mix]"	3:10

Chart performance[]

Chart (1985-1986)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[1]	41
French singles chart	32
Irish Singles Chart	21
Japanese Singles Chart	12
UK Singles Chart	23
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	15

References[]

^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 85. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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[1] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 85. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.

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Studio albums	Sophisticated Boom Boom (1984) Youthquake (1985) Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know (1986) Nude (1988) Fan the Flame (Part 1) (1990) Nukleopatra (1995) Fragile (2000)
Remix albums	Nude – Remade Remodelled (1991) Unbreakable (2001)
Other albums	Rip It Up (1987) Evolution: The Hits (2003) That's the Way I Like It: The Best of Dead or Alive (2010) Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI (2016)
Singles	"Misty Circles" "What I Want" "I'd Do Anything" "That's the Way (I Like It)" "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" "Lover Come Back to Me" "In Too Deep" "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" "Brand New Lover" "Turn Around and Count 2 Ten" "Rebel Rebel" "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) 96" "Sex Drive" "Hit and Run Lover" "You Spin Me Round 2003"
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