"My Heart Goes Bang" is the fourth and final single from Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive (band)

Dead or Alive were a British New Wave band from Wirral, England, United Kingdom, Europe. The band rose to fame in the 1980s with their number one single on the UK Singles Chart, "You Spin Me Round ". They were the first group to have a number one single under the production team Stock Aitken Waterman...

's second studio album Youthquake

Youthquake

Youthquake is the second album by the British pop group Dead or Alive, released in May 1985. The album was their commercial breakthrough in Europe and the United States, due to the single "You Spin Me Round ", which was a UK number-one hit and a top 20 hit in the United States...

. It charted at #23 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, #41 in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and became a huge dance hit in the U.S.

Remixes

A 7" remix and two 12" extended remixes of the single were released. The song was then remixed a third time for Dead or Alive's compilation album, Rip It Up, released in 1987.

"My Heart Goes Bang" was again remixed and re-recorded for Fragile

Fragile (Dead or Alive album)

Fragile is the seventh album released by British band Dead or Alive in 2000. Like their album Fan the Flame , this album has only seen a release in Japan from japanese big independent Record Company Avex Trax, where the band is very popular. Containing a total of thirteen tracks, the album...

and Unbreakable

Unbreakable (Dead or Alive album)

Unbreakable: The Fragile Remixes is an album released by British band Dead or Alive in 2001 which served as a companion piece to their 2000 album Fragile. Unbreakable contains ten tracks which are remixes of Fragile songs...

which were only available on Avex Label in Japan.

Music Video

Parts of the music video depict lead singer Pete Burns

Pete Burns

Pete Burns is an English singer-songwriter, author and television personality who founded the band Dead or Alive in 1980, for which he acted as the vocalist and songwriter, and which rose to mainstream success with their 1985 single "You Spin Me Round "...

 in a leather jacket on the back of a motorcycle, and the band walking down a catwalk in sunglasses. No official music videos were released for the Japanese versions released in 2000.

Chart performance

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Charts ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	41
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	23
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	15