the Grammy-nominated visuals for Franz Ferdinand's 2004 hit single "Take Me Out". Sam said that they originally had a simple concept but Odell had convinced them to "literally throw everything at it. All we knew when we went into shoot the video is that the film would be scrolling to the right and that various graphics would be used". As of October 2020 the video has almost 3.1 million views on the Vevo music video on YouTube. Release and promotion The song received its worldwide premiere and radio debut on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1 on 31 March 2014 as his 'Hottest Record in the World'. The band got together at band member Ross McNae's house to hear the song being premiered. It was subsequently added to Radio 1's "A" playlist, the station's primary playlist for the most popular contemporary tracks. The band performed "Heart and Soul" on the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2014. They followed this up later that summer with another performance of the song at T in the Park and finished the festival season at Reading Festival. They announced a UK tour starting in October 2014, where they played their new album tracks including "Heart and Soul" across the country. Awards "Heart and Soul" was awarded 'Best Independent Track' at the 2014 Association of Independent Music Awards. Chart performance "Heart and Soul" entered the UK Singles Chart at its peak position of number 17, spending one more week in the top 40 and a further three weeks in the top 100. This was their highest charting single in the UK to date, with their previous entry "Free" only reaching number 99 in January 2012. It also peaked at number 4 on the Scottish Singles Chart in the week ending 7 June 2014. By January 2020 the song had also been streamed more than 18 million times on Spotify. The song also hit number-one on the UK Rock Chart and number two on the UK Indie Chart. Additionally it secured a number 35 placing on the US Alternative Songs countdown and number 14 on the Mexico Ingles Airplay chart. Its parent album peaked at number 6 on the UK Album Chart, becoming their second top 10 album in the UK, and also topped the Scottish Albums Chart. Charts Certifications References External links "Heart and Soul" music video on YouTube 2014 songs 2014 singles