Heaven_(Warrant_song)

Heaven (Warrant song)

Heaven (Warrant song)

1989 single by Warrant


Heaven is a power ballad[4] by American glam metal band Warrant. It was released in July 1989,[5] as the second single from Warrant's debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. The song is Warrant's most commercially successful single, spending two weeks at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and number three on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[6] The track's commercial success has led it to becoming one of the best known songs by the band.

Quick Facts Single by Warrant, from the album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich ...

Background

"Heaven" took Warrant's record company by surprise. Indeed, once the widespread appeal of the song became apparent, the band was instructed to re-record the track to lend it a "bigger radio sound". The first 250,000 copies of the record featured the original version while later pressings featured a new version.[7] The song had previously been recorded by Jani Lane and Steven Sweet's old band Plain Jane.

Music video

The music video starred Scottish model Tracy Allan. It was filmed during a live concert at Sandstone Amphitheater in Kansas City, Kansas and at other locations around the Kansas City Metro area as well as New York City.

Alternate versions

"Heaven" was re-visited by the band in 1999 on their Greatest & Latest album and was released as promo and later iTunes singles.[8] The song was also released on several mixed compilation albums. In 2004, Jani Lane re-recorded an acoustic version of "Heaven" which appeared on the "VH1 Classic Metal Mania: Stripped" compilations.[9]

Charts

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Certifications

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References

  1. "Warrant - Heaven (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  2. Bowar, Chad. "Best 20 Hair Metal Ballads of the '80s and '90s". LiveAbout. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  3. February 2015, Classic Rock14 (14 February 2015). "The 40 Greatest Power Ballads Playlist". Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 24 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 884. ISBN 9780862415419.
  5. "Rockdetector : Resources and Information". 1.rockdetector.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2005. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  6. "Warrant digital singles". 7Digital. Archived from the original on 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  7. "Lack Jemmon - Cherry Pie". Ghetto Funk. October 22, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
    - "Poison, Scorpians, Queensryche Featured On Compilation Of Biggest Hard Rock Ballads Of All Time". Blabbermouth. 2004. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  8. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 297.
  9. "Warrant – Heaven". VG-lista. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  10. "Warrant Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  11. "1989 The Year in Music: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 51. December 23, 1989. p. Y-22.
  12. "Longbored Surfer - 1989". Longboredsurfer.com. Retrieved January 30, 2024.

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