"Heartbeat" is a song performed by Latvian singer Justs. The song represented Latvia in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2016 The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw. Organised by the European Broadcasting ...

, and was written by previous Latvian Eurovision entrant

Aminata Savadogo Aminata Savadogo (born 9 January 1993), occasionally known as simply Aminata, is a Latvian singer, songwriter, record producer, and model. She represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Love Injected". She released h ...

. The song was released as a digital download on 3 February 2016 through Aminata Music.Heartbeat - Single by Justs Sirmais on iTunes
/ref>

Music video

The video was directed by Andzej Gavriss who also directed

's video for "

Love Injected Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Love Injected" written and performed by Aminata Savadogo, Aminata. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organised the national final ''Supernova 2015'' in order t ...

Eurovision Song Contest

On 31 January 2016, Sirmais was announced as one of the twenty competing acts in the second season of ''

Supernova A supernova is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star. It has the plural form supernovae or supernovas, and is abbreviated SN or SNe. This transient astronomical event occurs during the last evolutionary stages of a massive star or when ...

'', with the song "Heartbeat". In the first heat on 7 February, Sirmais advanced to the semi-final after winning over 40% of the televote. He competed in the semi-final on 21 February and advanced to the final through televoting. He later won the final on 28 February with 20,725 votes. Justs represented Latvia in the

, performing in the first half of the second semi-final, and received enough points to perform at the finals. There, the song achieved 15th place out of 26 finalists.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

Eurovision songs of Latvia Eurovision songs of 2016 2015 songs 2016 singles Songs written by Aminata Savadogo {{2016-single-stub