Heaven (Bryan Adams song)

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"Heaven"
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album Reckless
Released	1985
Format	CD single
Recorded	1983
Genre	Pop Rock
Length	4.04
Label	Badman/Polydor
Writer(s)	Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance
Chart positions
#1 USA
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"Somebody" (1984)	"Heaven" (1985)	Summer of '69 (1985)

"Heaven" is a power ballad written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and was first released in 1983 on the soundtrack album for "A Night In Heaven", a film about a male stripper. It has been covered by DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do.

Contents 1 Song Information 2 Heaven Cover by DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do 3 Other artists that have covered the song 4 External links

[edit] Song Information

Adams refused to release the song in conjunction with the film and waited to re-release it in 1984 on his own album Reckless. The song was finally released in 1985 as a single and became Adams' first number-one on the United States Billboard Hot 100. It reached number thirty-eight in the UK Singles Chart that year.

The track featured Journey drummer Steve Smith on drums and was recorded in NYC during a day off in the middle of a tour they were doing together.

"Heaven/ Heaven (Candlelight mix)/ Heaven (911)"
Single by DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do
from the album Heaven & Do (selftitled album)
Released	2002
Format	CD single
Recorded	2002
Genre	Pop, Dance, Techno
Length	3.52
Label	Robbins/Sony BMG
DJ Sammy chronology
"In 2 Eternity" (1999)	"Heaven" (2002)	The Boys Of Summer (2003)
Do chronology
	"Heaven" (2002)	Love Is Killing Me (2004)
Do - Heaven (Candlelight mix)
Also the cover for Heaven (Piano mix)

[edit] Heaven Cover by DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do

In 2002 DJ Sammy and Yanou made an upbeat dance cover of "Heaven", which featured vocals by Do (Dominique van Hulst) and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. Because of the song's popularity and people wanting a ballad-like slow dance, a candlelight remix version was made specifically for the pure ballad-like mood. Another remix of the song was made to commemorate the September 11 terrorist attacks. It is believed to be an unauthorized remix by Kiss FM. The song features a little girl talking about her father who presumably died in the attacks, with the original chorus intermittently playing. A popular Flash animation plays out this version of the song.

[edit] Other artists that have covered the song

• Bailando Pegaditos (Vol. 2) Musart Records 1995.
• Bert Heerink (from "Storm na de stilte" Belinda Meuldijk Dutch translation "Schaamteloos") 1995.
• Dystopia "Attempted Mustache" Royalty Records 1996.
• The Countdown Singers (from Love Songs, Vol. 2), Madacy Entertainment
• Starsound Orchestra (from "Plays the Hits Made Famous by BA") Delta Records, 2001.
• Drew's Famous (from "More Kids Pop Hits") Turn Up The Music, Inc., 2002.
• Eyra Gail (from "Eyra Gail") 24/7/Artemis Records, 2002.
• Emmerson Nogueira, 2003.
• Banda Morango Com Mel as "Me Entenda"(from "Forró Morango Com Mel"), Atracao Fonografica, 2004.
• Chiquinho do Accordion (from "Anthems of Ibiza"), Ministry of Sound UK, 2004.
• José Andrëa translated to "Engañando Al Olvido" (from "Donde El Corazón Te Lleve"), Locomotive Music, 2004.
• Hanna Pakarinen (from "When I Become Me"), 2004.
• Kate DeAraugo (from A Place I've Never Been), 2005.
• Brianna Rieffel (from Only In My Dreams....), 2005.
• Elliott Yamin (American Idol), 2006.

[edit] External links

• Music video for Bryan Adams' "Heaven" at YouTube
• Music video for DJ Sammy's "Heaven" at YouTube

Preceded by "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (Bryan Adams version) June 22, 1985	Succeeded by "Sussudio" by Phil Collins
Preceded by "Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland	UK number-one single November 3, 2002 (1 weeks)	Succeeded by "Unbreakable" by Westlife