| Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) – Returning to the Womb | |
| Cover: | Sakamoto and Sylvian - Heartbeat.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto featuring Ingrid Chavez |
| Album: | Heartbeat |
| B-Side: | Nuages |
| Genre: | Art rock |
| Length: | 5:19 |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian |
| Chronology: | Ryuichi Sakamoto |
| Prev Title: | Field Work |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
"Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) – Returning to the Womb" is a collaboration between Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian, with music co-written by Arto Lindsay. It features vocals by Ingrid Chavez and spoken word by John Cage.[1] The mini-album features a previous collaboration between Sakamoto and Sylvian, the 1984 re-recording of "Forbidden Colours", produced by Steve Nye, that was the B-side to Sylvian's single Red Guitar and features as a bonus track on his 1987 album Secrets of the Beehive.