Peak
96
Weeks
2
Score
65
Chart Year
2012
A total of three official music videos have been made to accompany the different releases of "Heart Skips a Beat". The first, for the original UK version, was first released onto YouTube on 15 July 2011.[9] The video was filmed at Mile End Skate Park in East London in early July 2011. It features Murs dancing on what looks like a giant record player, with a giant record labelled as the single. The video features numerous dancers and skateboarders as extras. "Rose", the papier-mâché figure of a woman, as seen in the music video of his single "Busy", also makes a cameo appearance. Murs parodied this version of the video along with his The Xtra Factor co-host Caroline Flack for the first episode of the show's ninth series in August 2012. A separate music video for the U.S. remix of the song was shot on 14 May 2012 at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles. Murs confirmed on his Twitter account that same day that Chiddy Bang would feature in the U.S. version of the video, and he released a picture of himself dressed as a football coach.[10] This version of the video was released onto YouTube on 1 June 2012 and sees Murs playing a spectator in a crowd at a football match, as well as a coach and a midfielder, trying to entice the rest of the all female team with his dance moves and tricks. A second music video for the U.S. remix of the song was shot on 20 September 2012 at the broadwalk on Venice Beach in California, and was released onto YouTube a few days later on 27 September.[11] This version of the video sees Murs spotting and then pursuing an attractive woman (Sofia Mattsson) up the broadwalk, trying to get her attention for the duration of the song. Just as they are about to kiss at the song's end, Murs finds himself back where he was at the start of the video, with the idea being that he dreamt about it happening. The group, Chiddy Bang, does not appear in this version of the video, and their raps are filled with cut scenes of street dancers.
English singer-songwriter Olly Murs' first single from his sophomore album finds him continuing with his familiar reggae-pop sound. The song was premiered on The Chris Moyles Show on July 7, 2011. The song features Brighton-based Hip-Hop duo Rizzle Kicks, who comprise Jordan "Rizzle" & Harley "Sylvester." They debuted on the UK singles chart in July 2011 with their song "Down With The Trumpets." Jordan said to 4Music of the collaboration: "The beat's wicked. We were a bit apprehensive that it would be like... more poppy, that it wasn't really our style, but then he played the beat. It's kind of got some hip hop vibes." The song was Murs' second UK chart-topper, arriving at #1 just shy of a year after his debut single "Please Don't Let Me Go." It also reached the peak position in several European countries including Germany, Poland and Switzerland. The song was written by Alex Smith, Samuel Preston, Jim Eliot and Rizzle Kicks. Does the name Samuel Preston ring a bell with you? He was the frontman of the Ska-Pop group The Ordinary Boys whose appearance on Celebrity Big Brother and relationship with fellow contestant Chantelle Houghton made him a fixture for a time in UK tabloids. This is the only song Murs did not co-write for In Case You Didn't Know. "It was a curveball and nothing like the album," he told Music Week. "But I loved the production and the writers wrote it for me." The song was remixed for the American market, removing Rizzle Kicks' contribution and including a new verse from Philadelphia Rap-Pop pairing Chiddy Bang. This new version was released as Murs' debut single in the United States on May 14, 2012. Olly Murs discussed the song's meaning with Artist Direct: "I believe the song is about a relationship that's going sour," he said. "It's not feeling as great as it did before. You play that one record fell in love with on repeat, and you remember the good times. It makes you want to dance again and get closer. You feel that love again. That's how I feel when I sing the song. That's how I interpret it."
My heart skips-skips-skips-skips-skips-skips a beat Olly Murs, true lad Rizzle Kicks, yeah I can see, you're not yourself Even when you're here, with me I know that you're somewhere else So put another record on Kiss and leave me on Nothing really matters when we're dancing Listen to the same sad song playing on repeat 'Cause every time we come this close, my heart skips, skips a beat So come on, spin me around Now I don't wanna go home 'Cause when you hold me like this You know my heart skips, skips a beat I know I should, but I can't leave it alone And when you hold me like this That's when my heart skips, skips a beat So, hung up We can't let go If you really have to leave One more time just move me slow So put another record on Play it on repeat Nothing really matters when we're dancing 'Cause all you need to know is what you do to me And every time you hold me close, my heart skips, skips a beat So come on, spin me around Now I don't wanna go home 'Cause when you hold me like this You know my heart skips, skips a beat I know I should, but I can't leave it alone And when you hold me like this That's when my heart skips, skips a beat Rizzle Kicks, yeah At the start of the night I was like, what? Let's have a team talk Playing with this lady isn't something I'd agree for Vibes keep going up and down like a see-saw Should have just taken her to the cinema to see "Saw" Ooh, she let me sleep with her, I figured her figure's a sure, sure winner Plus I got a lead from the back, I'm a skipper You make my heart skip, skip, skip, skip, skip, skip a beat So come on, spin me around Now I don't wanna go home 'Cause when you hold me like this You know my heart skips, skips a beat I know I should, but I can't leave it alone And when you hold me like this That's when my heart skips, skips a beat (yeah, yeah) Heart skips, skips a beat My heart skips a beat My heart skips, skips a beat
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 29, 2012 | 96 | 30 |
| 2 | Oct 6, 2012 | 96 | 30 |