Chris Rea: "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" (1983)

Chris Rea (born Christopher Anton Rea, 4 March 1951, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England) is an English singer-songwriter, recognisable for his distinctive, husky voice and slide guitar playing. The British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s. He was already a major European star by the time he finally cracked the UK Top 10 with his 18th chart entry; "The Road to Hell (Part 2)". By 2009, Rea had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.

He is best known for his 1978 hit song "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" that charted #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent three weeks at #1 on the U.S. Billboard adult contemporary chart.

Although Rea had limited success in the United States, two of his albums, The Road to Hell and Auberge, topped the UK Albums Chart. The book Guinness Rockopedia described him as a "gravel-voiced guitar stalwart".


- Lyrics:

In the silence of the side street
In the whisper of the night
From the darkness of the empty hours
To the early morning light
From the hustle down on main street
With all it’s lights so bright
To the trucker on the highway
Pressing through the night

I can hear you heartbeat
I can hear you heartbeat
Girl, the sound of you is so sweet
To me

And I’m sailing on your wind song
Oh, I can feel the summer breeze
You’ve got me walking on my tiptoes
You’ve got me standing on my knees
From the mills way down in pittsburgh
To the clubs of gay paris
Ah, no matter where I roam, girl,
You can always get to me

I can hear you heartbeat
I can hear you heartbeat
Girl, the sound of you is so sweet
To me

We got freezing coca-cola
We got anything you want
I moving on that back beat
Girl, but it’s you that sings the song

’cos I can hear you heartbeat
I can hear you heartbeat
The sound of you is so sweet
To me

Oh I still hear your heartbeat
Yea I still hear your heartbeat
Girl, the sound of you is so sweet,
To me