Heartbeat city is the fifth studio album by american rock music, new wave band the cars, released on march 12, 1984, by elektra records.

This marks the bands first album not produced by long-time producer roy thomas baker, instead opting to produce with robert john ;mutt lange. The album was a major commercial success, certifying quadriple platinum in the us. In london with producer mutt lange.

The band followed a method where the keyboards, guitars and vocals were recorded first to a linndrum click track, then the bass and drums were added. According to drummer david robinson, all the drums and keyboards were sampled into and played or programmed via the fairlight cmi, which he felt gave ;a much better, cleaner, more controllable sound for the album.

Heartbeat city spawned six singles. ;Drive; and you might think; reached the top 10 of the billboard hot 100, peaking at numbers three and seven, respectively.

A number of songs from the album gained significant radio and television exposure, notably ;drive;, you might think; and magic, which all received heavy rotation on mtv. The title track served as the albums sixth and final single outside north america. Cassette and booklet in good condition