Heart Vacancy

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"Heart Vacancy"
Song
B-side"Kickstarts"

"Heart Vacancy" is a song by British boy band The Wanted from their self-titled debut album. It was released as the album's second single in the United Kingdom on 17 October 2010 through Geffen Records. The song was written by Jonas Jeberg, Cutfather, Lucas Secon, and Wayne Hector. "Heart Vacancy" was originally written for English pop singer Leona Lewis, and was given to four different artists before being recorded by The Wanted.[1]

Critical reception

Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song three out of five stars and described it as "a slushy, string-laden slowie about longing for a girl, but with the BPM turned up a notch and a stomping rhythm - too fast for waving lighters but slow enough for hands-in-the-air time - 'Heart Vacancy' treads on the slightly more manly side of sentimental."[2] Michael Cragg from The Guardian called it "a boyband ballad full of over-emotive vocal straining", and wrote: "The nadir is a middle eight that involves the curly-haired one intoning,"When IIIIIII talk to youuuuuuuuuuuuu, on the phhhooooonnnnneee" as if he actually hates his lover and wants her to bleed from the ears."[3]

Chart performance

"Heart Vacancy" debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of 66,394 sales copies.[4] In Ireland, the song debuted at peaked at number eighteen.[5] It was re-released as the band's second single in America in April 2012 but did not chart.

Track listing

  • Digital download[6]
  1. "Heart Vacancy" – 3:42
  2. "Heart Vacancy" (Tonka's Daddycated Radio Edit) – 3:15
  3. "Heart Vacancy" (Tonka's Daddycated Remix) – 5:51
  4. "Heart Vacancy" (DJs from Mars Remix) – 6:15
  1. "Heart Vacancy" – 3:42
  2. "Kickstarts" (Elliot Gleave, Nicholas Douwma) – 2:58
  • Promotional CD single[8]
  1. "Heart Vacancy" (Radio Edit) - 3:28
  2. "Heart Vacancy" (Instrumental) - 3:28

Personnel

Source:[9]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Canada 80
Ireland (IRMA)[5] 18
Scotland (OCC)[10] 4
UK Singles (OCC)[11] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
UK Singles Chart[12] 110

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 17 October 2010[6] Digital download Geffen Records
18 October 2010[7] CD single
United States 10 April 2012[13] Digital download Island Def Jam Recordings

External links

References

  1. ^ Hansen, Thomas Søie (31 December 2010). "Kender du X Factors Cutfather?" (in Danish). Berlingske Tidende. Retrieved 14 January 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Copsey, Robert (17 October 2010). "Music - Singles Review - The Wanted: 'Heart Vacancy' - Digital Spy". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  3. ^ Cragg, Michael (16 October 2010). "This week's new singles | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  4. ^ Jones, Alan (25 October 2010). "Kings of Leon and Bruno Mars top charts". Music Week. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Chart Track: Week 42, 2010". Irish Singles Chart.
  6. ^ a b "Heart Vacancy - EP by The Wanted". iTunes.
  7. ^ a b "Heart Vacancy - CD by The Wanted". Amazon.com.
  8. ^ Wanted, The (5) - Heart Vacancy (CD) at Discogs
  9. ^ The Wanted (Media notes). Geffen Records. 2010. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |artist= ignored (|others= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  11. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  12. ^ http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusYE2010.pdf
  13. ^ iTunes - Music - Heart Vacancy - Single by The Wanted
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