Heart Is Full
"Heart Is Full" | ||||
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Single by Miike Snow | ||||
from the album iii | ||||
Released | 30 October 2015 | |||
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Length | 3:33 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Miike Snow | |||
Miike Snow singles chronology | ||||
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"Heart Is Full" is a song recorded by Swedish
"Heart Is Full" received mixed reviews from critics; some applauded the use of the sample combined with the hip hop beat, while others felt it was uninspired as a whole. The single became the band's first entry on the American Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, peaking at number 41. Elsewhere, it managed to chart at number 194 in France. The accompanying music video was directed by Lance Drake and pays homage to several works of science fiction. An official remix of "Heart Is Full" featuring American rap duo Run the Jewels was released on 20 November 2015.
Background
"Heart Is Full" was written by
Musician
Composition and lyrics
Musically, "Heart Is Full" is a mid-tempo
Reception
"Heart Is Full" received mixed reviews from
Clash writer Luke Winstanley was more critical of the single, writing that it "feels particularly contrived".[23] He critiqued the "uninspired" use of the sample which he believed "doesn't add anything".[23] Rachel Brodsky of Spin also had a negative view of the song, arguing that it "just doesn't know what rhythm it wants to ride".[10] She wrote, "Ostensibly, everything about the iii lead single should work — that full-figured 'Wha!' outburst, with its accompanying horns and slow-stomping percussion. But the song's start-stop-start construction never delivers the payoff to justify the auditory whiplash it gives the listener."[10]
Commercially, the single achieved minor chart success. It became Miike Snow's first entry on the French singles chart, debuting and peaking at number 194.[24] It is also the band's first single to chart in the United States, with a peak position of number 41 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.[25] Additionally, "Heart Is Full" peaked at number 19 on two of Billboard's charts ranked by digital sales, Alternative Digital Songs and Rock Digital Songs.[26]
Music video
Lance Drake directed the accompanying music video for "Heart Is Full". Drake told Entertainment Weekly that he was inspired by several works of fiction, including Ghost in the Shell, The Fifth Element and Mortal Kombat. He said, "For the video, we wanted to create a world loaded with zillions of comic book, sci-fi, and video game references from my childhood fantasies. Nearly every frame has a small homage."[27] Drake's goal was to create "fierce, female characters in total control of an over-the-top world".[27] The video sees Braina Laviena in the lead role, which he described as having "a killer charm and a stealth sensitivity.”[27]
The video begins with Laviena standing atop a skyscraper, overlooking the city's skyline. In the next scene, she is chasing a man while doing cartwheels. She ultimately kills the man with a projectile weapon in the shape of a jackalope and steals his car keys.[28] She arrives at the hideout of another woman, portrayed by Akemi Look,[29] showing her she killed the man. This angers Look and the two have a showdown where Laviena kills Look's accomplices. Following a fight, the music ends before Laviena tearfully strangles Look at a rooftop in complete silence. The music video premiered on 11 November 2015 via Miike Snow's official Facebook page.[30] Andrew Unterberger of Spin interpreted the video as a "bizarre mini-action movie set in the Japanese underground".[28] He described it as "Blade Runner crossed with the Crazy 88s fight scene from Kill Bill."[28]
Remixes
An official remix of "Heart Is Full" featuring American hip hop duo Run the Jewels, consisting of Killer Mike and El-P, premiered on 19 November 2015 on The Fader.[16] The collaboration came about when the band heard the duo were fans of them.[4][16] They asked the rappers whether they would be interested in recording a remix of "Heart Is Full", and the duo accepted, completing their lines within 72 hours.[4] Wyatt said he was "super excited, but cautiously so" as he worried it would come off sounding "too retro".[16][31] He felt that it could end up lacking progressive qualities, but said that Mike "found this riff through the song that was so perfect that you can't even classify it in a genre or a year".[32] Wyatt explained he "couldn't stop smiling" when he first heard Mike's verse as the rapper had "found that flow, the rhythm to his lines that was undeniable".[16] American rapper Young Thug was also in talks of appearing on the track; Wyatt said it "almost happened" while in New York, but the rapper had to leave early and the collaboration fell through.[4]
The Run the Jewels remix was released for download on 20 November 2015.[33] Hudson, writing for Exclaim!, said that while the arrangement is the same as the original version, Mike and El-P "drop by for a couple of full-throttle verses, and they offer a rather twisted take on romance".[34] Spin's James Grebey wrote that the duo "dominat[e] the booming beat with an impact that lingers well after their verses end",[35] and Geslani of Consequence of Sound said they "effectively elevate the whole thing to entirely new levels of hip-hop/soul/pop bliss".[36] The remix appears on iii as a digital bonus track.[21] Another remix produced by English DJ Mark Ronson was digitally released on 30 September 2016.[37]
Track listings
- Digital download[8]
- "Heart Is Full" – 3:33
- Remix download[33]
- "Heart Is Full" (remix featuring Run the Jewels) – 3:58
- Remix download[37]
- "Heart Is Full" (Mark Ronson remix) – 4:55
Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from the iii liner notes.[2]
- Songwriting – Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Andrew Wyatt, Vincent Pontare, Bob Hilliard, Burt Bacharach
- Production – Miike Snow
- Vocals – Andrew Wyatt
- Wurlitzer– Andrew Wyatt
- Horns – Apocalyptic Brass Collective
- Engineering – Erik Fernholm, Johannes Raassina
- Mixing – Johannes Raassina, Miike Snow
- Mastering – Randy Merrill, Tom Coyne
Charts
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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France ( SNEP)[24]
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194 |
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[25] | 41 |
Release history
Country | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
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Various countries | 30 October 2015 | Digital download | Original version |
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[8][38][39] |
20 November 2015 | Run the Jewels remix | [33] | |||
Italy | 27 November 2015 | Contemporary hit radio | Original version | [40] | |
Various countries | 30 September 2016 | Digital download | Mark Ronson remix | [37] |
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External links
- Official music video on YouTube