Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)

"Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) – Returning to the Womb"
"Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) – Returning to the Womb"
Single by David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto featuring Ingrid Chavez
from the album Heartbeat
B-side	"Nuages"
Released	June 1, 1992
Genre	Art rock
Length	5:19
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Arto Lindsay, Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian
Producer(s)	Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian
Ryuichi Sakamoto singles chronology
David Sylvian singles chronology

"Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) – Returning to the Womb" is a collaboration between Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian, with music co-written by Arto Lindsay. It features vocals by Ingrid Chavez and spoken word by John Cage.^[1] The mini-album features a previous collaboration between Sakamoto and Sylvian, the 1984 re-recording of "Forbidden Colours", produced by Steve Nye, that was the B-side to Sylvian's single Red Guitar and features as a bonus track on his 1987 album Secrets of the Beehive.

Track listing[edit]

7" single
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) – Returning to the Womb"	Arto Lindsay, Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian	David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto featuring Ingrid Chavez	5:18
2.	"Nuages"	Traditional, Sakamoto (arr.)	Sakamoto	2:16

Mini-album
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) – Returning to the Womb"		David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto featuring Ingrid Chavez	5:18
2.	"Forbidden Colours"	Sakamoto, Sylvian	David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto	5:56
3.	"Heartbeat I"	Jeffrey Cohen	Sakamoto	4:41
4.	"Nuages"		Sakamoto	2:16

Chart performance for "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)"
Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	69
UK Singles (OCC)^[3]	58

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1992	Virgin	CD, LP	VUS 57

^ "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)". David Sylvian : Expect Everything And Nothing Less. 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 242.
^ "David Sylvian and Riuichi Sakamoto: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 5, 2016.