"Hearts a Mess" is a song by the Belgian-Australian musician

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from his second studio album ''

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'', released as a single in 2007. The song was included on the album '' The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film''. The song also appears in an episode of the American television series ''

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''. It contains samples of "Day-O (Banana Boat Song)" by

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. The Brendan Cook directed music video was nominated for Best Video at the

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released "''Eyes a Mess''", a cover

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of "Hearts a Mess" and " Eyes Wide Open".

Music video

A music video to accompany the release "Hearts a Mess" was first released onto

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on 5 December 2007 at a total length of four minutes and forty seconds.

Track listing

;Digital download # "Hearts a Mess" (radio mix) – 3:32 # "Hearts a Mess" – 6:07 # "Hearts a Mess" (Supermayer Mix) – 8:21 # "Hearts a Mess" (Lull Mix) – 7:41 # "Hearts a Mess" (Ocelot Mix) – 5:41 # "Hearts a Mess" (Joe Hardy 3AM Mix) – 6:03

Hearts a Mess Remix EP

;Digital download # "Hearts a Mess" – 6:05 # "Hearts a Mess" (radio mix) – 3:32 # "Hearts a Mess" (Supermayer Mix) – 8:21 # "Hearts a Mess" (Lull Mix) – 7:41 # "Hearts a Mess" (Ocelot Mix) – 5:41 # "Hearts a Mess" (Dlake Mix) – 5:25 # "Hearts a Mess" (Joe Hardy 3AM Mix) – 6:05 # "Hearts a Mess" (Duosseudo Mix) – 5:21

Chart performance

The song was voted #8 in the

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in 2007. In 2009 the song was voted #77 in the

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. The song also appears on the

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for

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's 2013

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of the classic

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novel ''

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''. The song was also voted #12 in the Triple J Hottest 100 Past 20 Years in 2013.

References

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