"Every Beat of My Heart" is a song by English singer-songwriter

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released by

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on 7 May 1982 as the second and final single from his fourth studio album, ''

''. The song was written by Rea, and produced by

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and Rea. It failed to reach the top 100 of the

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, but did reach number 129 in ''

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'' magazine's Bubbling Under Singles chart.

Critical reception

Upon its release as a single, Denis Kilcommons of the

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praised "Every Beat of My Heart" as a "beautiful ballad" which is "immacuately performed". The ''Mansfield & Sutton Recorder'' described it as an "extremely powerful ballad that should put Chris in the charts" and added, "Undoubtedly he is one of the best singer/songwriters we have in this country today." The ''Runcorn Guardian'' called it a "taste of Rea at his best" and continued, "This Geordie singer/songwriter produces consistently high quality sounds, but hitherto, has only received vicarious success for his work." Sunie of ''

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'' was negative in her review, noting that Rea "husk away on an Adult Orientated (i.e. Boring) ballad, and highly soporific it is too". She continued, "Not much to my taste, but of inestimable therapeutic value for insomnia sufferers."

Track listing

7–inch single (UK) #"Every Beat of My Heart" – 3:20 #"Don't Look Back" – 3:44

Personnel

"Every Beat of My Heart" *

– vocals, guitar * Martin Kershaw – guitar *

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– harp * David Snell – harp * Steve Lawrence – string bass *

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– string arrangement, conductor Production *

– production, engineer * Chris Rea – production Other *

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– cover photography

Charts

References

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