Irish Heartbeat (song)
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| “Irish Heartbeat” | ||
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| Song by Van Morrison | ||
| Album | Inarticulate Speech of the Heart | |
| Released | March 1983 | |
| Genre | Celtic | |
| Length | 4:40 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |
| Writer | Van Morrison | |
| Composer | Van Morrison | |
| Producer | Van Morrison | |
| Inarticulate Speech of the Heart track listing | ||
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"Irish Heartbeat" is a popular song that was first recorded on Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison's 1983 album Inarticulate Speech of the Heart. The song evokes images of homecoming back to Ireland and includes the words: "I'm going back/going back/To my own ones/Back to talk/talk awhile/With my own ones". Van Morrison was quoted by his biographer, Steven Turner as remarking: "But there's a big part of me that's just strictly involved with the island of Ireland.[1]
The AllMusic review states:
The droning vamp at the end of the song comes as close as anything since Veedon Fleece (1974) to Morrison's transcendent solo masterpiece Astral Weeks (1968).
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[edit] Appearance on other albums
- Irish Heartbeat as a remake with The Chieftains was included on the 1988 album Irish Heartbeat.
- It was included on the 2007 compilation album Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits as it was recorded with The Chieftains. "Irish Heartbeat" was on the soundtrack of the movie The Matchmaker.
- It has been remastered in 2007 and included on the compilation album, Still on Top - The Greatest Hits.
[edit] Covers
- In 1994, Billy Connolly recorded a live cover of the song "Irish Heartbeat" during his World Tour of Scotland. The performance was used as the closing theme to the BBC series.
- Morrison's daughter Shana Morrison performed a duet of "Irish Heartbeat" with Brian Kennedy on the Van Morrison tribute album No Prima Donna: The Songs of Van Morrison.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Turner, Too Late to Stop Now, p. 153
[edit] References
- Turner, Steve (1993). Too Late to Stop Now, Viking Penguin, ISBN 0-670-85147-7
[edit] External links
- allmusic.com Review Irish Heartbeat
- Lyrics and Audio samples 1980s, Irish Heartbeat
