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from her fifth studio album, ''

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'' (2005). The song was written by Kuraki and her long-time collaborator,

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, and produced by Kuraki herself. The song served as

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's television commercial song. The single was released on 23 March 2005 through

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as the third single from ''Fuse of Love''. "Dancing" is a

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track with a

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and

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element, arranged by its composer, Akihito Tokunaga The single entered at number five on the

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. It became Kuraki's 20th consecutive top 10 single since her debut single, "

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" (1999). "Dancing" has been certified gold by the

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with more than 100,000 physical copies shipped. The accompanying music video was directed by

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and later released as a

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, "Making of Dancing: Diary of Los Angeles" (2005), exclusively on her official fan club store. The video was shot in

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. The single's B-side track, "You Look at Me~One" was used as the theme song to the Japanese sports news program ''Sports Urugus'' from April 2005 to June 2005.

Commercial performance

In Japan, "Heart Beat" debuted at number five on the

. It stayed on the chart for seven weeks, selling 56,682 copies in total. The single was later certified gold by the

(RIAJ) for the shipment of more than 100,000 physical copies nationwide. The single was Kuraki's last single to be certified by RIAJ, until " Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)" (2017) was certified platinum in September 2017.

Track listing

Charts

Daily charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Certification and sales

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Release history

References

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