&Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)& is a song by Marilyn Manson. It was released as the first single from their sixth album, Eat Me, Drink Me released on June 5, 2007.
Initially, &Putting Holes In Happiness& was set as the first single from the album, but this was changed, similar to the case of &Get Your Gunn&. The digital single was released on iTunes on April 24 and also added to the player on Manson's MySpace page on the same date. The CD single was released in Germany on May 25, and in the United Kingdom on May 28. A thirty-one second preview clip was released on French radio website Radio France on April 9, 2007. The single was played again in full on April 11 (after being debuted on the same radio station days before), 2007 at 20:05 GMT on the French radio station Le Mouv'. The whole track was leaked onto the web as was apparent on several YouTube videos, which were revoked by the Universal Music Group.
On April 27, 2007, a 34 second clip of the video for &Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)& was released on YouTube, featuring Manson and girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood kissing while drenched in blood. Later, the video appeared on Manson's official website.
On May 22, 2007, an exclusive single was released through Hot Topic, containing a different b-side than the other singles.
On May 23, 2007, Marilyn Manson and Tim Skold performed an acoustic version of the track on BBC Radio 1. (wiki)