[1] It was written, produced, recorded and engineered by lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist Sam Hales[2] Remixes were released in October 2019.

At the AIR Awards of 2020, the remixes EP won Best Independent Dance or Electronica Album or EP,[4] and at the Queensland Music Awards of 2020, "Heavy Hearted" won Song of the Year and Pop Song of the Year.

[5] Upon release, The Jungle Giants' frontman Sam Hales told Triple J, "It's probably the deepest and furthest I' ve gone into engineering, recording and playing almost everything.

"[6] Hales added "'Heavy Hearted' has been with me as an me as an instrumental track for so long that I'd forgotten the title a bunch of times and nearly lost it in my sessions.

"[7] Alex Gallagher from Music Feeds said "The groovy, primarily electronic track builds around a syncopated piano line and has a big collage of sounds behind it – while maintaining a kind of big pop energy to the whole thing.