Hearts a Mess


"Hearts a Mess" is a song by the Belgian-Australian musician Gotye from his second studio album Like Drawing Blood, 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 Gossip Girl. It contains samples of "Day-O " by Harry Belafonte.
The Brendan Cook directed music video was nominated for Best Video at the ARIA Music Awards of 2007.
In 2018, Broods released "Eyes a Mess", a cover medley of "Hearts a Mess" and "Eyes [Wide Open (Gotye song)|Eyes Wide Open]".

Music video

A music video to accompany the release "Hearts a Mess" was first released onto YouTube on 5 December 2007 at a total length of four minutes and forty seconds.

Track listing

;Digital download
  1. "Hearts a Mess" – 3:32
  2. "Hearts a Mess" – 6:07
  3. "Hearts a Mess" – 8:21
  4. "Hearts a Mess" – 7:41
  5. "Hearts a Mess" – 5:41
  6. "Hearts a Mess" – 6:03

    Hearts a Mess Remix EP

;Digital download
  1. "Hearts a Mess" – 6:05
  2. "Hearts a Mess" – 3:32
  3. "Hearts a Mess" – 8:21
  4. "Hearts a Mess" – 7:41
  5. "Hearts a Mess" – 5:41
  6. "Hearts a Mess" – 5:25
  7. "Hearts a Mess" – 6:05
  8. "Hearts a Mess" – 5:21

    Chart performance

The song was voted #8 in the Triple J [Hottest 100, 2006] in 2007. In 2009 the song was voted #77 in the Triple J [Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009]. The song also appears on the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's 2013 The [Great Gatsby (2013 film)|film adaptation] of the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby. The song was also voted #12 in the Triple J Hottest 100 Past 20 Years in 2013. In 2025, the song ranked 86 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of Australian Songs.