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's Hottest 100 2007 competition. A remix of "This Heart Attack" by Miami Horror appeared on the

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performed a parody of the song, titled "The Last Line Was Crap" to Faker while they were on their radio show.

Music video

The video for "This Heart Attack" was directed by Stephen Lance and Damon Escott for Head Pictures, and produced by Leanne Tonkes. The video's editor was Haley Stibbard.

Track listing

# "This Heart Attack" – 3:49 # "Deathwish" – 2:51 # "Alex" – 1:45

Charts

Despite being released in October, the single didn't hit the ARIA singles chart until 27 January 2008 debuting at #48. It remained in the bottom end of the chart until April 2008, when commercial radio noticed the track and started adding it to playlists. "This Heart Attack" surged into the top 20, and on 14 April achieved its highest position so far, breaking into the top ten at No..9. It was in the charts for a total of 27 weeks (more than half a year).

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Awards and nominations

APRA Award

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Most Played Australian Work win.

References

{{Faker 2007 songs APRA Award winners Faker (band) songs EMI Records singles