"Chemical Heart" is the first single from Grinspoon's third studio album, New Detention. The song was written as a tribute to Jessica Michalik, who was crushed to death at the Sydney Big Day Out in 2001 during the Limp Bizkit set.[2] It reached No. 25 on the Australian Singles Chart on 31 March 2002. The song was used in the Network Ten series premiere promos for Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

"Chemical Heart"
Single by Grinspoon
from the album New Detention
Released4 February 2002 (2002-02-04)[1]
Length4:39
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)Grinspoon
Producer(s)Phil McKeller
Grinspoon singles chronology
"Violent and Lazy"
(2000)
"Chemical Heart"
(2002)
"Lost Control"
(2002)

Track listing edit

Australian CD single[3]

  1. "Chemical Heart" – 4:40
  2. "Waiting for Take Off" – 2:51
  3. "Gettin' Shit" – 2:27
  4. "Chemical Heart" (acoustic mix) – 4:39

Charts edit

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 25

References edit

  1. ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 04/02/2002" (PDF). ARIA. 4 February 2002. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. ^ "EPISODE 3 - the Age of Innocence is over". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Grinspoon – Chemical Heart". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 14 October 2019.