| "Heaven's Here" | ||||
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| Single by Holly Johnson | ||||
| from the album Blast | ||||
| B-side | "Hollelujah" | |||
| Released | 11 September 1989 [1] | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
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| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Holly Johnson | |||
| Producer(s) | Stephen Hague | |||
| Holly Johnson singles chronology | ||||
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"Heaven's Here" a song by English singer Holly Johnson, released in 1989 as the fourth and final single from his debut solo album Blast . It was written by Johnson and produced by Stephen Hague. The song reached No. 62 in the UK and No. 22 in Ireland. [2] [3]
Upon release, Melody Maker commented: "Holly's a great one for the notion that social improvement begins with the self. We are all prospective gods and the sweet "Heaven's Here" tells us, "This is your lifetime"." [4] Tony Beard of Record Mirror described the song as "classy show-off pop" and added: "Not as stop-you-in-yer-tracks catchy as "Americanos" nor as thrillingly shocksome as anything by Frankie, but Holly Johnson really has hit a rich vein of form of late hasn't he?" [5]
David Swift of New Musical Express described the song as "quality fluff" and commented, "All the right elements are present - back-up nodules from the Gates of Pearl, tinkling cascade FX [and] family-teatime chorus." [6] Music & Media considered the song "more commercial" than the preceding "Atomic City" and described it as an "easy-going, mid-tempo number with a good chorus". [7]
Johnny Dee of Record Mirror described the song as "sweet, sparkling pop fizz". [8] The Age commented: "The lad's mellowed. "Atomic City" is very 'Frankie Goes to Hollywood', but "Heaven's Here" is an ordinary, vague, love song - it'd be a good song to give to Jason. I can see him now, haloed by pure white clouds on a sand dune, Kylie's face in the clouds of course." [9]
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Singles Chart [10] | 58 |
| Irish Singles Chart [11] | 22 |
| UK Singles Chart [2] | 62 |
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