Heaven (Bryan Adams song)
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| Single by Bryan Adams from the album Reckless |
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| Released | 1985 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | 1983 | ||||
| Genre | Pop Rock | ||||
| Length | 4:04 | ||||
| Label | Badman/Polydor | ||||
| Writer(s) | Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance | ||||
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"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.
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[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 with the song Diana on the b-side. The single 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.
[edit] Music video
The music video portrays Adams singing in an auditorium, with giant television sets portraying the audience and band. Near the end of the music video, all the screens turn to static, and Adams is shown waking up from a dream, sleeping in a sleeping bag in front of a television, which is showing static. Adams turns off the television, and the screen turns blank television-style.
[edit] Heaven cover by DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do
In 2002 DJ Sammy and Yanou made an upbeat dance cover of Heaven, with Dominique van Hulst (stage name Do) as the vocalist.
[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 (from 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.
- Double Dutch, a hardcore dance producer from UK features this song in "Here Comes the Noise." A remix of this track by Scott Brown came out in 2002 on Bonker's Hardcore Mutation vol. 9.
- Do (Dominique van Hulst), 2002, platinum in The Netherlands
- 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.
- Elliott Yamin (American Idol), 2006.
- Daville (from In Heaven, NAP), 2006.
- DJ Manian, 2007
- John Barrowman (from Another Side), 2007
- David Archuleta, an American Idol contestant 2007/2008 performed this song during Hollywood Week.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=1298&cat=s Swisscharts.com - Info on Swiss Swedish and Norwegian chart peak
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| 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 (DJ Sammy version) November 3, 2002 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "Unbreakable" by Westlife |
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