2015Released
3:29

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Interesting facts and trivia about Heartbeat. By Songfacts®.

Carrie Underwood penned this mandolin-tinged song with Zach Crowell and Ashley Gorley. She said during an interview with People that it represents one of two "bona fide" love songs on Storyteller. "It's something I have not really done before," Underwood added. "I think the reason I shy away from love songs is that I find so many to just be super cliché: 'Oh, your eyes, when I look at you…' It's just not real." "The things I love about the two that I have, 'Heartbeat' and 'Like I'll Never Love You Again,' is that they're very conversational and real," she continued. "It's imperfect. It's not putting love or this person up on a pedestal, like you can do no wrong. It's not fairy tale-ish. It's real.'"

Co-writer and producer Zach Crowell is best known for helming Sam Hunt's hit Montevallo album. Crowell recruited Hunt to supply vocal back-up harmonies for this song.

Carrie Underwood sings here about a couple looking to spend time together away from the party crowd. The lyrics were inspired by the singer's own situation with her husband, Nashville Predators hockey player Mike Fisher. "We are always dressing up and going places, but never for ourselves," she told Billboard magazine. "We have this charity event or fundraiser. Obviously those words don't sing well in a song - 'I love it when we're at a fundraiser' - but for us, that's our life." "You can substitute a kid's soccer game," Underwood added. "You can substitute whatever it is in your life that is keeping you from being alone together. I feel like people get it."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Heartbeat.
C♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
140BPM

Album

The album Heartbeat is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Heartbeat.
19 Recordings Limited / Arista Nashville
(P) 2015 19 Recordings Limited, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

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