Heart's All Gone

"Heart’s All Gone" is one of the band's fastest songs, alongside "Josie" and "The Party Song". "It's really fast, it's real dark, but I think it's just awesome. I'm totally proud of that song," said Hoppus.

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"Heart's All Gone" is reminiscent of Blink's earlier material, with fast-paced guitars and drums.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/news/blink-182/58464|title=Blink-182 post brand new song 'Heart's All Gone' online – audio|date=August 5, 2011|magazine=NME|accessdate=April 27, 2014}} It largely recalls the band's upbringings in a "nurturing, often slapstick" Southern California punk scene,{{cite book|last=Rotter|first=Jeffery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjh_OmCmm-0C&q=blink+182&pg=PA118|title=Naughty by Nature|publisher=Spin|date=November 1999|accessdate=September 7, 2012}} and was compared to their late-1990s contemporaries, Bad Religion and Pennywise, as well as NOFX. James Montgomery of MTV News compared the song's heavier sound to that of the band's second studio album, Dude Ranch (1997), and the band's 2003 track "Stockholm Syndrome". Jason Lipshutz of Billboard opined that the song's lyrics, namely "Take off the gloves / We fell in love by the side of the road / This desert will break you down" reference a "souring romance set in Las Vegas."

A music video for the song, directed by Jason Bergh, premiered on September 28, 2011. It features the band performing the song live at their Atlanta, Georgia stop on the 10th Annual Honda Civic Tour.{{cite magazine|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/video-blink-182-hearts-all-gone/|title=Video: Blink-182 – "Heart's All Gone"|date=September 28, 2011|author=Alex Young|magazine=Consequence of Sound|accessdate=April 27, 2014}}

"Heart's All Gone" was the second song to debut from the band's sixth studio album, Neighborhoods. In contrast to the debut of the first single, "Up All Night", from Neighborhoods — on influential Los Angeles rock station KROQ — "Heart's All Gone" was released to a much more subdued fanfare, with a simple link from Hoppus' Google+ profile. The link revealed a special site (www.heartsallgone.com), titled and instructing users to "Command the A", by pressing the command (or control) button plus the A key on their keyboards.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/468070/blink-182-release-new-neighborhoods-track-hearts-all-gone-listen|title=Blink-182 Release New 'Neighborhoods' Track, 'Heart's All Gone': Listen|author= Jason Lipshutz|date=August 5, 2011|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 27, 2014}} Doing so would reveal the lyrics and an MP3 download of the song.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1668573/blink-182-hearts-all-gone.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925073316/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1668573/blink-182-hearts-all-gone.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2011|title=Blink-182′s 'Heart's All Gone': Back To Basics|author=James Montgomery|date=August 5, 2011|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=April 27, 2014}} The song was one of the first the band performed from Neighborhoods,{{cite magazine| last = Heisel| first = Scott| date = October 2011| title = Re-Start The Machine|magazine= Alternative Press| issue = 279|pages=93–102| publisher = Alternative Magazines Inc.| issn = 1065-1667| url = http://www.altpress.com/magazine/issue/2791_blink_182 }} alongside "After Midnight", "Ghost on the Dance Floor" and "Up All Night", and was debuted on the first night of the band's 10th Annual Honda Civic Tour, at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/08/blink-182-my-chemical-romance-kick-tour//|title=Blink-182 & My Chemical Romance Kick Off Tour|author=Jonah Bayer|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2011|accessdate=April 26, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/blink_182_perform_two_new_songs_the_predicament_and_ghost_on_the_dancefloor|title=Blink-182 perform two new songs, "After Midnight" and "Ghost On The Dancefloor"|date=August 6, 2011|author=Tyler Common|work=Alternative Press|accessdate=April 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002225927/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/blink_182_perform_two_new_songs_the_predicament_and_ghost_on_the_dancefloor|archive-date=October 2, 2011|url-status=dead}}

James Montgomery of MTV News commended the song's "breakneck guitars, yelped vocals and cascading drums," making reference to his own personal anticipation for Neighborhoods: "From the sound of things, the new Blink-182 may very well be adept at everything [...] Sort of only makes the anticipation that much greater." Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone gave the song three stars out of five, writing, "The second taste of Blink's comeback LP reboots their bubblegum punk, setting a post-breakup bitchfest to shrink-wrapped hardcore that's pitched perfectly between the mosh pit and the food court."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/hearts-all-gone-20110817|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919112633/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/hearts-all-gone-20110817|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 19, 2011|title=Heart's All Gone – Song Reviews|author=Jon Dolan|date=August 17, 2011|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=April 27, 2014}} BBC Music described the song as "blisteringly fast," commending Barker's drum work on the song.{{cite web |last=Diver|first=Mike |title=Blink-182: Neighborhoods Review |publisher=BBC Music |date=2011-09-26 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/zdhf |accessdate=April 24, 2014}} Thomas Nassiff of AbsolutePunk called the song "instantly accessible," noting that, for fans, "[the song] the high-energy pop-punk track we all wanted."{{cite web |last=Nassif |first=Thomas |title=Review: Blink-182 – Neighborhoods |website=AbsolutePunk |date=2011-09-20 |url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=95151702 |accessdate=2011-09-20}} Kyle Ryan of The A.V. Club referenced it as "a stripped-down punk song that sounds like late-'90s Blink in the best way. It’s also one of the few songs where Mark Hoppus sings lead."{{cite news |last=Ryan |first=Kyle |title=Review: Neighborhoods |publisher=The Onion |newspaper=The A.V. Club |date=2011-09-27 |url=https://www.avclub.com/blink-182-neighborhoods-1798169714 |access-date=2011-09-28}}

{{cite AV media notes |title=Neighborhoods (deluxe edition) |others=Blink-182 |year=2011 |type=CD booklet |publisher=DGC Records / Interscope Records |id=B0016034-02 |location=Santa Monica, California}}

;Blink-182

• Mark Hoppus – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, producer
• Tom DeLonge – guitar, producer
• Travis Barker – drums

;Production

• Chris Holmes – co-producer, mix engineer
• Jeff "Critter" Newel – co-producer

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