And It Hurts with Every Heartbeat

Do those words ring a bell? It’s from Swedish pop star Robyn’s collaboration with Kleerup called “With Every Heartbeat”, a UK number one single from 2007, and in my opinion (as well as many others) one of the best songs to come out that year.

The electronic/dance/pop production plays down the song’s emotional lyrics which in a way makes the song more interesting and a little more appealing. But when done acoustically, the pain really comes out from this song. Robyn has performed this one acoustic for several instances in the past, including a well-talked about performance she did for BBC’s Radio One which I believe contributed a lot to making the song shoot up to #1 in the UK.

Now that we have established some of the song’s most noteworthy credentials, I give to you a different version of the same song. A cover from Canadian band The Rest, which transforms the song into something that sounds Arcade Fire-ish (in my opinion). I think this particular cover is brilliant. Then again, the song is already pure brilliance by itself.

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