The song is a
ballad with strings and accordion. Siouxsie's vocals addressed a lover who is leaving a relationship, as she asked for him to return to her. She declared her desire to be "close to you til the last beat of my heart". Several musicians later praised the song.
The Decemberists qualified it as one of their favourite Siouxsie and the Banshees songs.
Arcade Fire singer
Win Butler suggested the band
DeVotchKa to cover it and they recorded a version on their 2006 EP
Curse Your Little Heart.
The Flowers of Hell released a version on their 2012 album
Odes, on which they covered their influences. "The Last Beat of My Heart" reached number 44 in the
UK Singles Chart in December 1988. Upon its inclusion on the 1992 compilation album
Twice Upon a Time - The Singles, a live version of the song from 1991 recorded on the last date of the
Lollapalooza festival replaced the single version. A live video of that version was also filmed by a production company on the same day and uploaded on YouTube in 2007. == References ==