"The Last Beat of My Heart" is a song written, produced and recorded by English rock band

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. It was released in late 1988 as the third and final single from the band's ninth studio album, '' Peepshow''. In 2021, ''

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'' rated it in their list of "the 50 best alt-rock love songs", for its "slow-climbing swell of accordion and muted tom-tom thump", qualifying it as a "perfect marriage of words and atmosphere".

Music and legacy

The song is a ballad with strings and accordion. Siouxsie's vocals addressed a lover who is leaving a relationship, as she asked for him to return to her. She declared her desire to be "close to you til the last beat of my heart". Several musicians later praised the song. The Decemberists qualified it as one of their favourite Siouxsie and the Banshees songs. Arcade Fire singer Win Butler suggested the band DeVotchKa to cover it and they recorded a version on their 2006 EP ''

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''. The Flowers of Hell released a version on their 2012 album '' Odes'', on which they covered their influences. "The Last Beat of My Heart" reached number 44 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1988. Upon its inclusion on the 1992 compilation album '' Twice Upon a Time - The Singles'', a live version of the song from 1991 recorded on the last date of the

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festival replaced the single version. A live video of that version was also filmed by a production company on the same day and uploaded on YouTube in 2007.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Last Beat of My Heart, The 1988 singles Siouxsie and the Banshees songs 1988 songs Polydor Records singles Songs written by Siouxsie Sioux Songs written by Budgie (musician) Songs written by Steven Severin