Heartbreak Hotel about a man who had destroyed all his identity papers and jumped to his death from a hotel window, leaving a suicide note with the single line, "I walk a lonely street". In 2016, an article in "Rolling Stone" magazine suggested that the story in reality originated from a report about a painter and petty criminal, Alvin Krolik, whose marriage had failed and who wrote a partial autobiography including the line "This is the story of a person who walked a lonely street." Krolik's story was published in news media, and received further publicity after he was shot and killed
Heartbreak Beat Heartbreak Beat “Heartbreak Beat” is a popular song written by Richard Butler, John Ashton, and Tim Butler of The Psychedelic Furs. The song appeared on the band's 1987 album "Midnight to Midnight", and was released as its first single in October 1986. The song also appeared on the UK music compilation "Hits 5" in November 1986. Though a comparative flop in their home country, only hitting #79 on the UK charts, the song is the band's highest charting single on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The song peaked at #26 in 1987, making "Heartbreak Beat" The Psychedelic Furs' only Top 40