Critical Reception
"Heartbeat" received acclaim from music critics. Scott Plagenhoef's review for Pitchfork Media named it "the best song of the year" for being a "deceptively simple and surprisingly beautiful articulation of basic human need, beautifully encapsulating every element of human excitement". The publication listed "Heartbeat" at the top of its list of the "Top 50 Singles of 2004", and called it "a perfect pop song". In his review for Rolling Stone magazine, Barry Walters remarked that the song "evokes your favorite punk/dance mash-up and betters it." For The Village Voice, Jody Rosen commented that the song's chorus "edges toward rock and a melody durable enough to withstand countless repeated listenings". Entertainment Weekly's Raymond Fiore referred to "Heartbeat" as an "indie-cred masterstroke". "Heartbeat" ranked thirty-second on the 2004 Pazz & Jop list, a survey of several hundred music critics conducted by Robert Christgau.
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