Heaven's What I Feel

"Heaven's What I Feel" is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as the first single from her eighth studio album gloria!.

Song history

The song is a ballad with a dance background. It was first offered to Celine Dion to be recorded, but she turned it down. Gloria recorded it instead and included on her then upcoming album gloria!.

The song was released as the first official single from the album and was recorded in three languages: English, Spanish and French. The Spanish version titled "Corazón Prohibido" was released as a single in Spain, where it topped the charts. The French version titled "Amour Infini" was only available on the European, Canadian and British album edition as a bonus track. The song peaked at number twenty-seven in the U.S.

The B-side of the single was the "Gloria Hitmix", which had not been available in any other single issue since. There were two different versions of the song: "Radio Edit" and "Full Version" (this mix includes the songs: "I'm Not Giving You Up", "Reach", "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)", "Mi Tierra", "Live for Loving You", "Tres Deseos", "Everlasting Love" and "Turn the Beat Around").

The single received a massive promotion. Estefan first performed the song at the 1998 VH1 Divas Live where she received a standing ovation for her performance; she also performed at the Studio 54 in New York. Then she sang it again at the 1998 World Music Awards in Monaco where she was the hostess of the event. Then it was promoted in a lot of television programs around the world.

Featured

The song was included in the movie Dance with Me (starring Vanessa L. Williams and Chayanne) soundtrack.

Music Video

The music video was filmed in a "space" style and shows Gloria flying in one scene, and dancing at a club in another. The video received the Alma Award for "Best Outstanding Video".

Grammy Nomination

The song was nominated for the Grammy Music Award for "Best Dance Recording" but lost to Madonna's smash hit "Ray of Light".

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Heaven's What I Feel".

US CD Maxi single (49K 78908)

1. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Radio Edit)
2. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Love To Infinity Classic Radio Mix)
3. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Victor Calderone Radio Mix)
4. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Soul Solution Radio Mix)
5. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Victor Calderone Mix)
6. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Soul Solution Vox Mix)
7. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Trouser Enthusiasts Neanderthal Thrust Mix)

Japan CD Maxi single (ESCA 6942)

1. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Radio Edit)
2. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Love To Infinity's Classic Radio Mix)
3. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Victor Calderone Radio Mix)
4. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Soul Solution Radio Mix)
5. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Victor Calderone Mix)
6. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Soul Solution Vox Mix)
7. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Trouser Enthusiasts Neanderthal Thrust Mix)
8. "Gloria's Hitmix" (Edit)

Australia CD maxi single (665741 2)

1. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Radio Edit)
2. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Love To Infinity Classic Radio Mix-Short)
3. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Love To Infinity Classic Radio Mix)
4. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Love To Infinity Rhino Mix)
5. "Heaven's What I Feel" (Soul Solution Vox Mix)
6. "Corazóon Prohibido" (Pablo Flores Spanish 12" Remix)

Release history

Charts

Official versions

Original versions

1. Album Version — 5:05
2. Radio Edit #1 - 4:37
3. Radio Edit #2 - 4:07
4. Ballad Version - 4:28
5. Spanish Version — 5:05
6. Spanish Radio Edit — 4:34
7. Spanish Ballad Version — 5:05
8. French Version — 5:05

Remixes

1. Pablo Flores English Mix - 5:03
2. Pablo Flores Spanish Mix - 5:03
3. Pablo Flores Spanish 12" Mix - 7:10
4. Love To Infinity Classic Paradise Mix - 6:10
5. Love To Infinity Classic Radio Edit #1 — 5:01
6. Love To Infinity Classic Radio Edit #2 — 3:32
7. Love To Infinity Classic Radio US Edit - 5:05
8. Love To Infinity Rhino Mix - 7:11
9. Victor Calderone Mix - 8:32
10. Victor Calderone Radio Mix - 4:00
11. Victor Calderone Dub - 7:00
12. Soul Solution Vox Mix - 9:30
13. Soul Solution Radio Mix - 4:00
14. Soul Solution NRG Dub - 5:00
15. Trouser Enthusiasts Neanderthal Thrust Mix - 10:54
16. Prince Quick Mix's Amped Up Pass - 6:00
17. Prince Quick Mix's Subaquatic Dub - 6:20

References

1. http://web.archive.org/web/20091027084359/http://www.geocities.com/weslarkins/glorialibre.html gloriaestefandiscographydatabase