"Heavy Heart" is the third single from the album '' #4 Record'' by Australian rock band

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. It was released in 1998 and reached number 49 on the Australian national charts and number 9 in that year's

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. Tim Rogers said of the song, "I played "Heavy Heart" for the first time, and

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was in the front row, and people were like, 'What the fuck is that song.' So I thought, 'Hmmm, maybe I'm on to something here.' I wrote that song for

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who passed away around that time, unfortunately."

Track listing

# "Heavy Heart" – 3:11 # "

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" (live) – 3:18 # "Midnight to Six Man" – 2:40 # "She's So Fine" – 2:30 "What I Don't Know 'bout You" (live) was taken from the

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Live at the Wireless performance that features on the '' #4 Record'' bonus disc 'Radio Sette'. "Midnight to Six Man" is a cover of

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song. "She's So Fine" is an

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cover.

Cover versions

As one of You Am I's most popular songs, "Heavy Heart" has been covered several times, most notably by Paul Kelly,

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and Seattle rock group and sometime-touring partners

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performed the song with the band on their 'You Am I & Friends'

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session which was released on the

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bonus disc 'The Convict Stain'. Australian

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singer-songwriter

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covered the song in her Austin City Limits performance that aired 31 October 2015, stating it was her favourite song.

Charts

References

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