"Heart Attack" is a song recorded by English-born Australian singer

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for her second

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'' (1982). Written by Paul Bliss and

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, and produced by

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, the song was the first

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released from the album and was nominated for a

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in 1983. Backing Newton-John on the song were Bliss and Kipner on synthesizers,

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on drums, Tom Scott on saxophone, and Farrar on guitars, bass guitar and backing vocals.

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