"Heart and Soul" is a song by Scottish rock band Twin Atlantic written by lead singer Sam McTrusty and co-written and produced by Jacknife Lee released as the first single from their 3rd studio album, Great Divide. It was released on 25 May 2014 and peaked at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart and number 4 on the Scottish Singles Chart. Background and production The band started recording the song in May 2013 and it took almost a year to record as they were not content with the initial writing process. Sam McTrusty flew out to Los Angeles to collaborate on the process with Jacknife Lee and the rest of the band joined them at a later date. Lee had previously produced tracks for bands including R.E.M. and U2. Lead singer Sam told The Daily Record, “It was exactly what we needed. As soon as we got there the weight was lifted off. We realised this is how we were supposed to sound the last few years, we just couldn’t get there". "Heart and Soul" was the last song written for their third album, "Great Divide", following up their 2011 album Free, with the initial writing process taking place in Wales. Sam said, "The writing process was spaced out and pieced together so it only truly became clear what the album was sounding like as a whole once we got into the recording studio. There was also a roller coaster effect of spending so long with certain songs and in the studio that the love affair with parts, sections or riff and lyrics could be very up and down. That all resulted in a self-reflection and reviewing, which allowed us to be a bit more critical once we reached the end of our recording in Wales. There was a definite moment of us all agreeing that the album was good but an uncertainty if it was great, so we decided there would be no harm in finding out if we could push it further." Music video The description of the music video on the Red Bull Records website reads, "Constantly scrolling like an old video game, the official music video for Twin Atlantic's Heart and Soul plays with perspective and makes use of shapes, colours and disembodied singing heads". The video was directed by Jonas Odell, who had conducted projects with Goldfrapp, U2 and The Rolling Stones, and helmed