Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat explained

Heartbeat (It's a Lovebeat)
Cover:	File:Heartbeat (It's a Love Beat) - The DeFranco Family.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	The DeFranco Family
Album:	Heartbeat (It's a Lovebeat)
B-Side:	Sweet, Sweet Loretta
Released:	May 1973^[1]
Genre:	Bubblegum pop^[2]
Length:	2:59
Label:	20th Century Records
Next Title:	Abra-Ca-Dabra
Next Year:	1973

"Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" is a 1973 single by the Canadian group The DeFranco Family. It was the title track of their first album and the group's debut single.

Charts

The song was a success in the United States and Canada. It reached No.3 in both nations, as well as reaching No.6 in Australia. It was their highest ranking song, and it became a gold record in the US. Were it not for Carly Simon's "You're So Vain", "Heartbeat" would have been the No.1 song for 1973 on WLS, having racked up five consecutive weeks at No.1 there, from 20 October through 17 November.^[3]

Weekly charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	6
Canada RPM Top Singles	3
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[5]	32
	3
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[6]	49
US Cash Box Top 100^[7]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)	Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[8]	55
Canada^[9]	31
US Cash Box^[10]	83

Television appearances

"Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" was performed multiple times on various television programs, including The Mike Douglas Show, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, Jack Benny's Second Farewell Show, American Bandstand, and Dinah!

Cover versions

• The song appears as a bonus track on the Deluxe Edition of The Replacements' album Let It Be.
• The song appears on the 2023 debut album of the Trans-Canada Highwaymen featuring members of Odds, Barenaked Ladies, Sloan and The Pursuit of Happiness.

In Popular Culture

• Reservoir Dogs: Mr. Pink mentions hearing "Heartbeat" on the radio for the first time since he was in the 5th Grade.^[11]

See also

• List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1973

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat'/'Sweet, Sweet Loretta' - The DeFranco Family Featuring Tony DeFranco. 45cat. 2019-06-17.
2. Book: Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. October 15, 1996. Post-Nuclear Families: Bubblegum. 23. St. Martin's Griffin. 031214704X.
3. Web site: WLS MUSICRADIO 89 BIG 89 OF '73. 2019-06-21.
4. Web site: Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) . Australian-charts.com . 2016-12-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160602084720/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 . 2016-06-02.
5. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1973-12-15 . 2019-01-14.
6. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 69.
7. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 11/17/73 . 2016-12-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161227195709/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19731117.html . 2016-12-27 . dead .
8. Web site: National Top 100 Singles for 1974. . 29 . . December 30, 1974 . January 15, 2022 .
9. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.100214&type=2&interval=24&PHPSESSID=dtlhqtcdftn9t40n27r4hds2h0 Top 100 Singles of '73
10. Web site: Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1973 . 2016-12-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140715135835/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1973YESP.html . 2014-07-15 . dead .
11. https://assets.scriptslug.com/live/pdf/scripts/reservoir-dogs-1992.pdf "Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs" screenplay