Halfway to Heaven (Europe song)

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"Halfway to Heaven"
Halfway to Heaven (Europe single - cover art).jpg
Single by Europe
from the album Prisoners in Paradise
B-side "Yesterday's News"
ReleasedMarch 1992
Genre Hard rock
Length4:06
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Joey Tempest and Jim Vallance
Producer(s) Beau Hill
Europe singles chronology
"I'll Cry for You"
(1991)
"Halfway to Heaven"
(1992)
"Sweet Love Child"
(1993)

"Halfway to Heaven" is a 1992 single released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was the third single from their album Prisoners in Paradise . The single charted at number 42 in the United Kingdom. [1]

Contents

The song was co-written by Europe vocalist Joey Tempest and Canadian musician/songwriter Jim Vallance in Vancouver, Canada in April 1991. [2] "In March 1991 I received a call from Frankie LaRocka, former drummer for Bryan Adams," Vallance says, "Frankie was working as an A&R man for Epic Records in New York, and he wanted to put me together with Joey Tempest, lead singer for the group Europe. Joey flew to Vancouver in April '91, and we spent four productive days writing and demoing in my studio." [2]

The music video for the song was shot at the Marquee Club in London. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Halfway to Heaven"
  2. "Yesterday's News"
  3. "Superstitious"
  4. "Got Your Mind in the Gutter"

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1992)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 42

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References

  1. "British Chart". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  2. 1 2 "Europe - Halfway To Heaven". www.jimvallance.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  3. Ling, Dave (1992). "Heaven on the small screen". Kerrang!.