"Heart Vacancy" is a song by British-Irish boy band the Wanted from their self-titled debut album. It was released as the album's second single in the United Kingdom on 17 October 2010 through Geffen Records. The song was written by Jonas Jeberg, Cutfather, Lucas Secon, and Wayne Hector. "Heart Vacancy" was originally written for English singer Leona Lewis, and was given to four different artists before being recorded by the Wanted. The accompanying music video was shot in Bale, Croatia.
Four years after the band's hiatus in 2014, Tom Parker, Max George and Jay McGuiness performed the song as a three piece at Parker's wedding to his fiancé Kelsey in July 2018.
Critical reception Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song three out of five stars and described it as "a slushy, string-laden slowie about longing for a girl, but with the BPM turned up a notch and a stomping rhythm – too fast for waving lighters but slow enough for hands-in-the-air time – 'Heart Vacancy' treads on the slightly more manly side of sentimental."
Chart performance "Heart Vacancy" debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of 66,394. In Ireland, the song debuted at peaked at number eighteen. It was re-released as the band's second single in America in April 2012 but did not chart.
Track listing Digital download "Heart Vacancy" – 3:42 "Heart Vacancy" (Tonka's Daddycated Radio Edit) – 3:15 "Heart Vacancy" (Tonka's Daddycated Remix) – 5:51 "Heart Vacancy" (DJs from Mars Remix) – 6:15
CD single "Heart Vacancy" – 3:42 "Kickstarts" (Elliot Gleave, Nicholas Douwma) – 2:58
Promotional CD single "Heart Vacancy" (Radio Edit) – 3:45 "Heart Vacancy" (Instrumental) – 3:28
Personnel Songwriting – Mich Hansen, Jonas Jeberg, Lucas Secon, Wayne Hector Production – Jonas Jeberg, Cutfather Mixing – Mads Nilsson Keyboards and programming – Jonas Jeberg Guitars – Daniel Davidsen Percussion – Mich Hansen Vocals – Tom Parker, Nathan Sykes, Jay McGuiness, Max George, Siva Kaneswaran Mastering – Dick Beetham
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Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2010)PeakpositionEurope (European Hot 100 Singles)12UK Airplay (Music Week) 13
Year-end charts Chart (2010)PositionUK Singles (OCC)110
Certifications
Release history Region Date Format Label United Kingdom 17 October 2010 Digital downloadGeffen 18 October 2010 CD single United States 10 April 2012iTunes – Music – Heart Vacancy – Single by The Wanted Digital download Island Def Jam
References
External links "Heart Vacancy" Song Lyrics at TheWantedMusic.com