Heartkiller

{{Infobox song

| name = Heartkiller

| cover = Heartkiller_(front).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = HIM

| album = Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice

| released = December 7, 2009 (download)
February 5, 2010 (CD)

| recorded = 2008–2009

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:29

| label =

| writer = Ville Valo

| producer = Matt Squire

| prev_title = The Kiss of Dawn

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Strange World

| next_year = 2012

}}

"Heartkiller" is a song by Finnish rock band HIM. It is the third track on their seventh studio album Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice (2010), and was released in December 2009 as the second single from the album.{{cite web |url=http://www.heartagram.com/news/2009/12/10/get-heartkiller-now-itunes |title=Get 'Heartkiller' Now on iTunes | HIM |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213172840/http://www.heartagram.com/news/2009/12/10/get-heartkiller-now-itunes |archivedate=2009-12-13 |website=Heartagram.com |date=2009-10-07 |accessdate=2019-07-20}}

Music video

The music video for "Heartkiller" premiered on the band's MySpace page on January 7, 2010,{{cite web |url=http://www.heartagram.com/news/2010/01/07/heartkiller-video-premiere-0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111050145/http://www.heartagram.com/news/2010/01/07/heartkiller-video-premiere-0 |archive-date=2010-01-11 |title='Heartkiller' Video Premiere! | HIM |website=Heartagram.com |date=2010-07-01 |accessdate=2019-09-20}} and appeared on their official website and YouTube page a day later.

Track listing

; U.S./Finland iTunes single

"Heartkiller" – 3:29

; Finnish CD{{cite web| title = German CD single| publisher = Amazon.de| url = https://www.amazon.de/Heartkiller-2track-Bandana-Him/dp/B0032114E0| accessdate = January 13, 2010}} and UK iTunes store

"Heartkiller" – 3:29
"Shatter Me with Hope (The Sword of Democles)" – 4:13
"Heartkiller (Moordeb VRS)" – 3:24

; Sweden and Germany CD single{{cite web| title = Track listing for German CD single| publisher = Amazon.de| url = https://www.amazon.de/Heartkiller-2track-Bandana-Him/dp/B0032114E0| accessdate = January 13, 2010}}

"Heartkiller"
"Shatter Me With Hope (The Sword of Democles)"

Charts

class="wikitable"
style="text-align:left; width:180px;"\|Chart (2009/2010) !align="left"\|Peak position
align="left"\|Finnish Singles Chart \| style="text-align:center;"\|5{{cite web\|author=Steffen Hung \|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=HIM&titel=Heartkiller&cat=s \|title=Suomen virallinen lista \|publisher=Finnishcharts.com \|date= \|accessdate=2012-08-05}}
align="left"\|German Singles Chart \| style="text-align:center;"\|34{{cite web \|url=http://www.mtv.de/charts/germany \|title=:: MTV \| Hitlist Germany KW 7 \| charts \|publisher=Mtv.de \|date=2011-09-29 \|accessdate=2012-02-20 \|archive-date=2012-07-09 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709180245/http://www.mtv.de/charts/5-hitlist-germany-top-100 \|url-status=dead }}
align="left"\|Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks \| style="text-align:center;"\|30{{citation needed\|date=September 2019}}

class="wikitable"

style="text-align:left; width:180px;"|Chart (2009/2010)

!align="left"|Peak
position

align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart

| style="text-align:center;"|5{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=HIM&titel=Heartkiller&cat=s |title=Suomen virallinen lista |publisher=Finnishcharts.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-05}}

align="left"|German Singles Chart

| style="text-align:center;"|34{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.de/charts/germany |title=:: MTV | Hitlist Germany KW 7 | charts |publisher=Mtv.de |date=2011-09-29 |accessdate=2012-02-20 |archive-date=2012-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709180245/http://www.mtv.de/charts/5-hitlist-germany-top-100 |url-status=dead }}

align="left"|Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks

| style="text-align:center;"|30{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

References

Category:HIM (Finnish band) songs

Category:2009 songs

Category:Songs written by Ville Valo

Category:2010 singles