It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry

Infobox Single
Name = It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry


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Artist = Glasvegas
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B-side = "Be My Baby"
Released = February 7, 2008
Format = Download, 7", promo CD
Recorded = Central Sound Studios
Glasgow, Scotland
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 4:45
Label = Sane Man
Writer = James Allan
Producer = James Allan
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Certification =
Last single = "Daddy's Gone"
(2007)
This single = "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry"
(2008)
Next single = "Geraldine"
(2008)
Misc = "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" is a song by Scottish alternative rock band Glasvegas. The song was written and composed by the band's singer and guitarist James Allan.

The song is a ballad featuring singing, electric guitar, bass guitar, and drum kit. The lyrics, sung in Scots, explore the concepts of inevitable guilt and regret resulting from infidelity within an interpersonal relationship. The genre employed in the song is heavily guitar-based, making use of delay and reverb effects; and produced using the Wall of Sound technique.

"It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" was originally released as a download single through Sane Man on February 7, 2008, and a limited edition 7" one week later. The song received mostly positive reception from music journalists, with single reviews praising its lyrical content and production and likening it to the work of The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Origins and recording

James Allan wrote and composed the song prior to the recording sessions at Central Sound Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, where the band recorded their previous two singles, "Go Square Go!" and "Daddy's Gone". Kevin Burleigh, who co-produced "Go Square Go!" with James Allan, and engineered "Daddy's Gone", also engineered "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry". James Allan handled production duties whilst recording the song, and the B-side—a cover version of The Ronnettes' "Be My Baby".

Musical and lyrical content

"It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" is a ballad in C major and in 4/4 time. The song is based around a repeated I–vi–ii–V–vi–IV–V chord sequence.

The song cites heavy references to Oasis, featuring the lyrics "tick tock Stop the Clocks" and "(What's the Story) Morning Glory."

Formats and track listings

The song was first released as a digital download through Sane Man on February 7, 2008, and received a physical release one week later as a 7" single, limited to 2000 copies. A promo CD was also released. The artwork featured on the sleeve of the 7" is by Rob Biddulph, and was designed in the style of singles from the 1960s.cite web |url=http://www.repeatfanzine.co.uk/interviews/glasvegas.htm |title=Glasvegas: An interview |accessdate=2008-05-18 |author=Rose, R. |date=2008-02-14 |work=Interviews |publisher="R*E*P*E*A*T Fanzine"] Biddulph also designed the artwork for the previous single, "Daddy's Gone", in the same style.tracklist
headline = Downloadnobold|, 7" nobold|(SAN002)
total_length = 8:57
all_writing = James Allan, except where noted
title1 = It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry
length1 = 4:45
title2 = Be My Baby
note2 = Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector
length2 = 4:12tracklist
headline = Promo CD
total_length = 13:02
title1 = It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry
title2 = Be My Baby
title3 = It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry
note3 = radio edit
length3 = 4:45

Critical reception

"It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" received a positive reception in the music press. Mark Beaumont of "NME" named it Track of the Week, and praised the song, stating that it "stirs more emotion than a million candle-lit meals" and compares it to previous single, "Daddy's Gone", as well as the work of fellow Glasgow band The Jesus and Mary Chain, stating it "shimmers in the kind of elegiac-yet-filthy Wall of Sound thrum [reminiscent of "Psychocandy"] [...] only this time even more dark, dolorous and redolent." [ cite journal | last =Beaumont | first =Mark | title =Tracks | journal =NME | issue =2 February 2008 | pages =48 pp | accessdate = 2008-05-16] John Murphy of musicOHM praised the song's composition, stating " [broad] Scottish brogues, lashings of feedback and multi-layered guitars and a massive dosage of self-loathing all combine here to produce one of the most compelling singles in months." Murphy hailed Glasvegas the "sound of young Scotland" and also compared the song to The Jesus and Mary Chain, stating "at times [it] sounds like a throwback to the days of The Jesus and Mary Chain." [cite web |url=http://www.musicomh.com/singles/glasvegas_0208.htm |title=Glasvegas - It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry |accessdate=2008-05-16 |author=Murphy, John |work=Tracks |publisher= [http://www.musicomh.com/ musicOHM] ] In February 2008, "Q" magazine listed the single at number 10 in their list of the 50 essential tracks you need to download. [cite journal|title=The 50 Essential Tracks You Need To Download|journal=Q|publisher=Bauer|location=London|issue=February 2008|url=http://home.q4music.com/cgi-bin/q50/track.pl?id=428|accessdate=2008-08-29]

Personnel and credits

;Glasvegas
* James Allan – vocals, electric guitar, production
* Rab Allan – electric guitar
* Paul Donoghue – bass guitar
* Caroline McKay – drum kit

;Production
* Kevin Burleigh – engineering

References

External links

* [http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858693601 "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" lyrics]