Heaven & Hot Rods

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"Heaven & Hot Rods"
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Promotional single by Stone Temple Pilots
from the album No. 4
ReleasedDecember 1, 1999 (1999-12-01)
Recorded1998 (1998) 1999 (1999)
Studio
Genre
Length3:26
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Dean DeLeo, Scott Weiland
Producer(s) Brendan O'Brien
Stone Temple Pilots singles chronology
"Down"
(1999)
"Heaven & Hot Rods"
(1999)
"Sour Girl"
(2000)

"Heaven & Hot Rods" is a song by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots and was released as a promotional single from their fourth studio album, No. 4 .

Contents

Track listing

US CD promo single (PRCD9159)
  1. "Heaven & Hot Rods" (Dean DeLeo, Scott Weiland) – 4:33

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1999 Atlantic CDPRCD9159

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [1] 17
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [2] 30

Personnel

Adapted from the Heaven & Hot Rods liner notes. [3]

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References

  1. "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  2. "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  3. Heaven & Hot Rods (booklet). Stone Temple Pilots. New York City: Atlantic Records. 1999.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)