Heartbeat (Taana Gardner song)

"Heartbeat"
Single by Taana Gardner
Released1981
GenrePost-disco
Length9:34 (Club Version)
LabelWest End WES-22132 (US)
Songwriter(s)Kenton Nix
Producer(s)Kenton Nix
Taana Gardner singles chronology
"When You Touch Me"
(1979)
"Heartbeat"
(1981)
"No Frills"
(1981)

"Heartbeat" is a song by American disco singer Taana Gardner, released in 1981 by West End Records. It was arranged by Dennis Weeden and Kenton Nix, and released with the more famous club mix created by Larry Levan. The single peaked at No. 10 on the US Billboard R&B Singles chart and No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. In 1998, it had sold over 800,000 copies. In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked "Heartbeat" number 63 in their list of the "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time".