Tahiti 80 - Heartbeat

What this video is

Released in 1999, 'Heartbeat' was the flagship single from Tahiti 80's debut album Puzzle, recorded in New York City with producer Andy Chase and mixed in Sweden by Tore Johansson. The band, formed in Rouen and Paris in the mid-1990s, represented a generation of French indie artists who synthesised 1960s Britpop influences — particularly The Kinks and The Zombies — with a cosmopolitan late-90s production…

Why it matters

Tahiti 80's 'Heartbeat' is a key artefact of the late-1990s French indie pop crossover moment, when acts from Rouen and Paris achieved international visibility through Anglo-American label partnerships and cross-Channel critical networks. The single's multiple high-profile remixes — including…