A heartbeat is one

cardiac cycle The cardiac cycle is the performance of the human heart from the beginning of one heartbeat to the beginning of the next. It consists of two periods: one during which the heart muscle relaxes and refills with blood, called diastole, following ...

of the heart. Heartbeat, heart beat, heartbeats, and heart beats may refer to:

Computing

Heartbeat (computing) In computer science, a heartbeat is a periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a computer system. Heartbeat mechanism is one of the common techniques in mission critical syste ...

, a periodic signal to indicate normal operation or to synchronize parts of a system *Heartbeat, clustering software from the

Linux-HA The Linux-HA (High-Availability Linux) project provides a high-availability ( clustering) solution for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris and Mac OS X which promotes reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS).Alan Robertson ''The Evolu ...

project *a piece of software by Edward Snowden

Films

* ''Heartbeat'' (1938 film), a French comedy * ''Heartbeat'' (1946 film), an American film by Sam Wood, starring Ginger Rogers * ''La Chamade'' (film) (English title: ''Heartbeat''), a 1968 French film by Alain Cavalier * ''Heart Beat'' (film), a 1980 American film about the love triangle between Jack Kerouac, Carolyn Cassady and Neal Cassady * ''Heart Beats'' (film), a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language film * ''Heartbeats'' (2010 film), Canadian French–English film by Xavier Dolan * ''Heartbeat'' (2010 film), a South Korean film about the illegal trade in human organs * ''Heartbeat'' (2012 film), an Austrian short film * ''Heartbeat'' (2014 film), a Canadian film * ''Heartbeats'' (2017 film), an Indian film by Duane Adler

Television

* ''HeartBeat'' (1988 TV series), an American medical drama that aired on ABC * ''Heartbeat'' (British TV series), a 1992–2010 British period drama * ''Heartbeat'' (1993 film), an NBC TV film * ''Heartbeat'' (2016 TV series), an American medical drama that aired on NBC

Music

Bands

The Heartbeats The Heartbeats were a 1950s American doo-wop group best known for their song "A Thousand Miles Away", which charted at No. 53 in the US ''Billboard'' listings in 1957. Career The Heartbeats began as a quartet in early 1953 in Jamaica, Queens a ...

, a 1950s American doo-wop group * The Heartbeats (big band), an American jazz ensemble *

The Heart Beats The Heart Beats were an American all-female garage rock band, based in Lubbock, Texas, and founded around 1966. They were led by drummer and lead vocalist Linda Sanders, along with younger sister Debbie Sanders (guitar), Debbie McMellan (bass gu ...

, a 1960s all-female garage rock band

Albums

Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" is a 1973 single by the Canadian group The DeFranco Family. It was the title track of their first album and the group's debut single. Charts The song was a success in the United States and Canada. It reached number t ...

'' by The DeFranco Family, or the title song, 1973 *'' Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson'' or the title song (see below), 1991 * ''The Heartbeat'' (Bellarive album), 2012 * ''Heart Beat'' (Wang Leehom album) or the title song, 2008 *'' Heartbeats – Chris Rea's Greatest Hits'', 2005 * ''Heart Beats'' (Dami Im album), 2014 * ''Heart Beats'' (Danny album), 2007 * ''Heart Beats'' (Keystone Trio album), 1995 *''Heartbeat'', by

Chris & Cosey Chris & Cosey, sometimes known as Carter Tutti, are a musical duo formed in 1981, consisting of couple Chris Carter (electronics) and Cosey Fanni Tutti (electronics, guitar, cornet), both previously (and currently the sole surviving) members o ...

, 1981 *''Heart Beat'', by Space Tribe, 2002 *''Heartbeats'', by

Grum Graeme Shepherd (born 7 May 1986), better known by his stage name Grum, is a Scottish electronic musician and producer. Career Grum's debut album, ''Heartbeats'', was released on 17 May 2010. It has been compared to Daft Punk's ''Discovery' ...

, 2010

Songs

* "Heartbeat" (2PM song), 2009 * "Heartbeat" (Annie song), 2004 * "Heartbeat" (BTS song), 2019 * "Heartbeat" (Buddy Holly song), 1958 * "Heartbeat" (Can-linn song), 2014 * "Heartbeat" (Carrie Underwood song), 2015 * "Heartbeat" (Childish Gambino song), 2011 * "Heartbeat" (Enrique Iglesias song), 2010 * "Heartbeat" (The Fray song), 2011 * "Heartbeat" (Girlfriend song), 1993 * "Heartbeat" (Wendy Waldman song), 1982; covered by Helen Reddy, 1983 and Don Johnson, 1986 * "Heartbeat" (Jimmy Somerville song), 1995 * "Heartbeat" (Justs song), 2016 * "Heartbeat" (King Crimson song), 1982 * "Heartbeat" (Late of the Pier song), 2008 * "Heartbeat" (Margaret song), 2015 * "Heartbeat" (Nina Sky song), 2012 * "Heartbeat" (Nneka song), 2008 * "Heartbeat" (Richard Orlinski and Eva Simons song), 2016 * "Heartbeat" (The Runaways song), 1977 * "Heartbeat" (Scouting for Girls song), 2008 * "Heartbeat" (Steps song), 1998 * "Heartbeat" (Taana Gardner song), 1981 * "Heartbeat" (Wilkinson song), 2013 * "Heartbeat" (Wire song), 1978; covered by Big Black, 1987 *"

Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) "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. The mini-album features ...

", by Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian, 1992 * "Heartbeat Song" (The Futureheads song), 2010 * "Heartbeat Song" (Kelly Clarkson song), 2015 * "Heartbeats" (The Knife song), 2002 *"

Heartbeatz "Heartbeatz" is a song performed by UK duo Styles & Breeze featuring Karen Danzig. It became the duo's second top-20 hit in Finland and the United Kingdom. Chart performance In Finland, the song debuted at number 16 but only spent one week ...

", by Styles & Breeze, 2005 *"Heartbeat", by Carly Rae Jepsen from ''

Dedicated Side B ''Dedicated Side B'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen. It serves as a companion piece to '' Dedicated'' (2019), her fourth studio album. It was released on May 21, 2020, by 604 Records in Canada, and Schoolboy and Int ...

'', 2020 *"Heartbeat", by Christopher from '' Closer'', 2016 *"Heartbeat", by David Cook from ''

Digital Vein ''Digital Vein'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter David Cook. It was released on September 18, 2015, through Cook's Analog Heart Music. The album features tracks co-written by Cook along with well-known songwriters such as ...

'', 2015 *"Heartbeat", by Iyaz from '' Replay'', 2010 *"Heartbeat", by James Blunt from ''

The Afterlove ''The Afterlove'' is the fifth studio album by the English singer James Blunt, released on 24 March 2017 through Atlantic Records. To promote the album, Blunt embarked on The Afterlove World Tour in August 2017. Background On 23 January 2017, B ...

'', 2017 *"Heartbeat", by Leona Lewis on her single " I Got You", 2009 *"Heartbeat", by Madonna from ''

Hard Candy A hard candy (American English), or boiled sweet (British English), is a sugar candy prepared from one or more sugar-based syrups that is heated to a temperature of 160 °C (320 °F) to make candy. Among the many hard candy varietie ...

'', 2008 *"Heartbeat", by Marcus & Martinus from ''

Together ''ToGetHer'' (, aka Superstar Express) is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit, Rainie Yang and George Hu. It was produced by Comic International Productions ( 可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Linzi P ...

'', 2016 *"Heartbeat", by New Kids on the Block from '' Thankful'', 2017 *"Heartbeat", by Paris Hilton from ''

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

'', 2006 *"Heartbeat", by Plan B from ''

Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose ''Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose'' is the third studio album by English singer and rapper Plan B. It was released on 4 May 2018 by Atlantic Records and 679 Artists. Background In 2010, Plan B released his second studio album ''The Defamati ...

'', 2018 *"Heartbeat", by the Psychedelic Furs from ''

Mirror Moves ''Mirror Moves'' is the fourth studio album by English rock band the Psychedelic Furs, released in May 1984 by Columbia Records, two years after their previous studio album, '' Forever Now'' (1982). The album includes the dance hit "Heartbeat" a ...

'', 1984 *"Heartbeat", by

Red 7 Red 7 was a short-lived rock group, formed in 1984 in San Francisco, California. British musician Mike Rutherford produced their first album, played bass on several songs and may have also sung in the choir on one song, "The Way". The three core ...

, 1985 *"Heartbeat", by

Ruby Murray Ruby Florence Murray (29 March 1935 – 17 December 1996) was a Northern Irish singer. One of the most popular singers in the British Isles in the 1950s, she scored ten hits in the UK Singles Chart between 1954 and 1959. She also made pop chart ...

, 1954 *"Heartbeat", by

Tahiti 80 Tahiti 80 are a French indie pop band from Rouen. The group was founded in 1992 by Xavier Boyer, Pedro Resende, Médéric Gontier and Sylvain Marchand. History Singer and guitarist Boyer and bassist Resende formed the pop combo as students at ...

, 2000 *"Heartbeat", by

Vicetone Vicetone is a Dutch electronic music DJ and production duo formed by Ruben den Boer ((), born 22 January 1992) and Victor Pool (born 9 July 1992) from Groningen. The duo began as a DJ act, and in 2013, they were voted into the ''DJ Mag'' Top 10 ...

, 2013 *"Heartbeat", by Wham! from ''

Make It Big ''Make It Big'' is the second and final studio album from British pop duo Wham!, released in 1984. In comparison to their earlier work, Wham! (George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley) had more control over the album's production and Michael would a ...

'', 1984 *"Heartbeats", by Matoma from '' One in a Million'', 2018 *"Heartbeats", by Tom Walker from ''

What a Time to Be Alive ''What a Time to Be Alive'' is a collaborative commercial mixtape by Canadian rapper Drake and American rapper Future. It was released on September 20, 2015, by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records, Epic Records, A1 R ...

'', 2019

Other uses

* ''Heartbeat'' (novel), a 2004 novel by Sharon Creech * ''Heartbeat'' (Steel novel), a novel by

Danielle Steel Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947) is an American writer, best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling author alive and the fourth-bestselling fiction author of all time, with over 800 million ...

Heartbeat (company) (sometimes Heartbeat) was a Japanese video game developer, famous for developing the sixth and seventh installments of the '' Dragon Quest'' series. Heartbeat also developed a remake of ''Dragon Quest IV''. Plans to localize this remake in North A ...

, a video game developer * ''Heartbeat'' (video game), a 2018 video game created by Team Chumbosoft * Heartbeat 1521, a defunct radio station in Northern Ireland, formerly called Radio 1521 *

Heartbeat Productions Heartbeat Productions is the parent company of a number of record labels originating from Bristol, England. Heartbeat Records was formed in 1978, and other labels have been added over the years to cater for specific niche markets or bands: Riot ...

, a British record company *

Heartbeat Tour The Heartbeat Tour was the debut concert tour by singer-songwriter Jessie J in support of her debut studio album '' Who You Are'' (2011). The tour visited Europe, South America, Oceania and Asia. Background The tour was announced on June 1, 2011 ...

, a concert tour by Jessie J