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Heaven (Warrant song)

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"Heaven"
Single by Warrant
from the album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
B-side"In the Sticks"[1]
ReleasedJuly 1989
GenreGlam metal[2][3]
Length3:57
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jani Lane
Producer(s)Beau Hill
Warrant singles chronology
"Down Boys"
(1989) 		"Heaven"
(1989) 		"Big Talk"
(1989)

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

Background

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"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

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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

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"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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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[20] Gold 500,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[21] Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  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. ^ "Every Rose Has Its Thorn: A Tribute to the Syrupy-Sweet Sounds of '80s Hair-Metal Ballads". SPIN. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 884. ISBN 9780862415419.
  6. ^ "Warrant - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic (Macrovision Corporation). Retrieved December 6, 2009.
  7. ^ "Rockdetector : Resources and Information". 1.rockdetector.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2005. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Warrant digital singles". 7Digital. Archived from the original on 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  9. ^ "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. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  10. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 297.
  11. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6574." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  12. ^ "Warrant – Heaven". VG-lista. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  13. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  14. ^ "Warrant Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  15. ^ "Warrant Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  16. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6684." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  17. ^ "1989 The Year in Music: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 51. December 23, 1989. p. Y-22.
  18. ^ "Longbored Surfer - 1989". Longboredsurfer.com. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  19. ^ "1989 The Year in Music: Top Album Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 51. December 23, 1989. p. Y-58.
  20. ^ "American single certifications – Warrant – Heaven". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  21. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Warrant – Heaven". Music Canada. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
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