My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)

"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)"
"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)"
Single by Dead or Alive
from the album Youthquake
B-side	"Big Daddy of the Rhythm" (live)
Released	September 1985
Recorded	1985
Genre	Hi-NRG • dance-pop
Length	3:13
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Pete Burns; Tim Lever; Mike Percy; Steve Coy;
Producer(s)	Stock Aitken Waterman
Dead or Alive singles chronology
Music video
	"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" on YouTube

"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" is a 1985 song by the English pop band Dead or Alive. It was the fourth and final single from the band's second studio album Youthquake. It peaked at No. 23 on the UK singles chart, No. 12 in Japan, and became a dance hit in the U.S.

The original album version of the song was reworked for its subsequent single release, receiving largely different instrumentation that closer resembled the band's earlier hit single You Spin Me Round (Like A Record).

Two 7" single mixes and two 12" extended remixes were released, including the "American 'Wipe-out'" mixes featuring additional, uncredited guitar by Matt Aitken. The single was then remixed a third time for Dead or Alive's compilation album, Rip It Up, released in the fall of 1987. "My Heart Goes Bang" was again remixed and re-recorded for Fragile (2000) and Unbreakable (2001) which were only available on Avex Trax in Japan.

The music video depicts lead singer Pete Burns in a leather jacket on the back of a motorcycle, and the band walking down a catwalk.

Track listing

UK 7"
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (7" version)	3:10
2.	"Big Daddy of the Rhythm" (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)	3:25

US 7"
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (7" Wipe-out mix^†)	3:31
2.	"Cake and Eat It" (fade-in intro)	4:44

UK 12"
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (Extended mix)	7:20
2.	"Big Daddy of the Rhythm" (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)	3:25
3.	"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (7" version)	3:10

UK 12" (American 'Wipe-out' mix)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (American 'Wipe-out' mix)	6:40
2.	"Big Daddy of the Rhythm" (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)	3:25
3.	"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (instrumental version)	4:31

UK 12" Limited Edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (7" version)	3:10
2.	"Big Daddy of the Rhythm" (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)	3:25
3.	"Cake and Eat It" (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)	5:35
4.	"In Too Deep" (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)	4:36

US 12" (American 'Wipe-out' mix)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (American 'Wipe-out' mix^††)	6:19
2.	"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (Extended mix)	7:20

Source: ^[1]

Notes

^† Exclusive to the U.S.

^†† Edited to 6:19 from the original UK 12" release.

Charts

Chart (1985–1986)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	41
French Singles Chart^[3]	32
Irish Singles Chart^[4]	21
Japanese Singles Chart^[5]	12
Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg)^[6]	15
UK Singles Chart^[7]	23
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play^[8]	15

References

^ Dead Or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor), 1985, retrieved 2023-08-09
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 85. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
^ "lescharts.com - Dead Or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor)". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
^ SINGLE CHART-BOOK COMPLETE EDITION 1968–2010. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2012. ISBN 4871310884.
^ "Radio Luxembourg Singles". umdmusic.com. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
^ "Official Charts > Dead or Alive". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Dead or Alive Album & Song Chart History - Dance/Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 18 September 2010.

External links

"My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Dead Or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor), 1985, retrieved 2023-08-09

[2] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 85. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.

[3] "lescharts.com - Dead Or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor)". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.

[4] "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2024-11-03.

[Japan-5] SINGLE CHART-BOOK COMPLETE EDITION 1968–2010. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2012. ISBN 4871310884.

[6] "Radio Luxembourg Singles". umdmusic.com. Retrieved 27 April 2025.

[OCC-7] "Official Charts > Dead or Alive". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[8] "Dead or Alive Album & Song Chart History - Dance/Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 18 September 2010.

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Dead or Alive
Pete Burns Wayne Hussey Peter Oxendale
Studio albums	Sophisticated Boom Boom (1984) Youthquake (1985) Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (1986) Nude (1988) Fan the Flame (Part 1) (1990) Nukleopatra (1995) Fragile (2000) Fan the Flame (Part 2): The Resurrection (2021)
Compilation albums	Rip It Up (1987) Evolution: The Hits (2003) That's the Way I Like It: The Best of Dead or Alive (2010) Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI (2016)
Singles	"Misty Circles" "What I Want" "I'd Do Anything" "That's the Way (I Like It)" "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" "Lover Come Back to Me" "In Too Deep" "" "Brand New Lover" "Something in My House" "Turn Around and Count 2 Ten" "Rebel Rebel" "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) 96" "Sex Drive" "Hit and Run Lover" "You Spin Me Round 2003"
Related topics	Discography