''Heart Beat'' is the second studio album of German band

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released on 19 October 1986 by

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. The album includes two international hits: "

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" and " Kisses and Tears (My One and Only)". Three singles were released from the record. Sometimes the name of the album is spelled as ''Heartbeat''.

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, who once played keyboards for the german prog band

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, plays synthesizers on the album, he also wrote and composed one song and did the arrangements on all songs with Tony Hendrik.

Track listing

" – 3:50 #"Mon Amie" – 4:35 #"One Night In Heaven" – 4:45 #" Baby I Love You" – 4:05 (

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) #" Kisses & Tears (My One and Only)" – 3:58 #"Rainy Friday" – 4:35 #"Lady Blue" – 4:29 #"

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" – 3:44 #"Blue Moon" – 4:32 #"Dance the Night Away" – 4:20

Personnel

;Bad Boys Blue * Trevor Taylor – lead vocal (all tracks) *Andrew Thomas - lead vocals and backing vocals *

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- lead vocals and backing vocals ;Additional personnel : *

– synthesizers - Used to be the keyboardist for the german prog band

. *Günter Lammers – synthesizers *John Parsons – electric guitar *Tony Hendrik – drum machine

Credits

*All tracks written by T. Hendrik and K. van Haaren except 3 written by H.-J. Fritz and 4 written by Spector, Greenwich, and Berry *5 written by T. Hendrik, K. van Haaren, and M. Applegate *8 written by Findon and Charles *Recorded and mixed at Studio Rüssmann,

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, Germany. *All songs arranged by T. Hendrik and H.-J. Fritz *Produced by

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and Karin Hartmann

References

External links

ALBUM - HeartbeatBad Boys Blue - Baby I Love You Lyrics
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