“My Heart Skips a Beat” is a country song written and recorded by Buck Owens, the singer who, with his band the Buckaroos, defined the bright, twangy Bakersfield sound of 1960s country. Owens recorded it in 1964.
The song was a major hit, reaching number one on the country chart as one side of a celebrated double-sided single. Its lyric is a giddy, lovestruck one — a heart that skips a beat at the sight of a sweetheart — carried by a midtempo shuffle and the ringing electric guitar of Owens’s bandmate Don Rich.
The song crossed comfortably into bluegrass, suited to brisk tempos and tight harmony.
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