Can't You Hear My Heartbeat Explained

Can't You Hear My Heartbeat
Type:	single
Artist:	Herman's Hermits
Album:	Their Second Album! Herman's Hermits on Tour
B-Side:	I Know Why
Released:	11 January 1965
Recorded:	1 December 1964
Studio:	De Lane Lea, London
Genre:	Pop rock
Label:	MGM (US) Columbia (UK)
Producer:	Mickie Most
Prev Title:	I'm into Something Good
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	Silhouettes
Next Year:	1965

"Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" is a song written by John Carter and Ken Lewis, produced by Mickie Most,^[1] and performed by Herman's Hermits. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965.^[2]

In the United Kingdom it was released as the B-Side of "Silhouettes". The song was featured on their 1965 album, Their Second Album! Herman's Hermits on Tour.^[3]

Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1965^[4] ranked it #8.

Other versions

• Goldie & the Gingerbreads released a version of the song as a single in 1965. That March, it reached number 25 on Record Retailer singles chart and number 30 in Melody Maker.^{[5] [6]}
• Marianne Faithfull released a version on her 1965 debut album Marianne Faithfull.

Notes and References

1. http://www.45cat.com/record/k13310 Herman's Hermits, "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" single release
2. http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Can%27t+You+Hear+My+Heartbeat+by+Herman%27s+Hermits&id=19154 Herman's Hermits, "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" Chart Positions
3. http://www.discogs.com/Hermans-Hermits-Their-Second-Album-Hermans-Hermits-On-Tour/release/1725421 Herman's Hermits, Their Second Album! Herman's Hermits on Tour
4. Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1965. February 2, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140102174420/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1965.php#. 2014-01-02. dead.
5. Web site: Goldie and the Gingerbreads . . 10 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220322155142/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11653/goldie-and-the-gingerbreads/ . 22 March 2022 . live.
6. Melody Maker Pop 50. Melody Maker. 13 March 1965. 2.