Heaven (Depeche Mode song)

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"Heaven"
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Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Delta Machine
B-side "All That's Mine"
Released31 January 2013 (2013-01-31)
Genre
Length4:03
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Martin L. Gore
Producer(s) Ben Hillier
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Personal Jesus 2011"
(2011)		"Heaven"
(2013)		"Soothe My Soul"
(2013)
Music video
"Heaven" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
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"Heaven" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released as the lead single from their thirteenth studio album, Delta Machine (2013). Written by Martin Gore and produced by Ben Hillier, the song was world-premiered on KROQ's morning show Kevin and Bean on 30 January 2013. [4] The single was released digitally in most territories on 31 January 2013, and physically on 1 February.

Contents

In the United Kingdom, "Heaven" was released digitally on 17 March 2013 and physically the following day. The B-side "All That's Mine" was written by Dave Gahan and Kurt Uenala. An accompanying music video for "Heaven" was directed by Timothy Saccenti and premiered on VEVO on 1 February 2013.

In June 2013, the single was certified gold by the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI), denoting downloads exceeding 15,000 units in Italy. [5] In the UK, by contrast, the single reached #60, the first initial single from a Depeche Mode album to fail to reach the UK Top 40. [6] [a]

Background and composition

According to Martin Gore in an interview "'Heaven' was written on a piano. I had all the chords, and everything all worked out on the piano and the whole vocal melody, and the lyrics worked out before I went anywhere near a computer." [7] Additionally, Andy Fletcher also says that the demo wasn't too different to the final and, "Pretty much, apart from Dave's voice instead of Martin's voice, the actual finished song is pretty similar [to the demo]." [7]

Dave Gahan has expressed his appreciation to the song in the same interview, expressing, "Of all the incredible songs that Martin has written over the years that I have been lucky enough to sing and perform, once in a while a song comes along—hopefully I'll write one of those myself one day—that's something I have to sing. It's something I want to sing." He further states, "To me, 'Heaven' is one of the reasons why I still make music." [7]

Music video

The music video for "Heaven" was directed by Timothy Saccenti and filmed in November 2012 at the Marigny Opera House, a former Catholic church in New Orleans's Faubourg Marigny. [8] [9] Previously, Saccenti had directed the "In-Studio Collage 2012" video for "Angel" that premiered at the band's press conference in Paris on 23 October 2012. [10] [11]

The video's look was inspired by Terrence Malick's 2011 film The Tree of Life , with its beautiful yet twisted, dark imagery. "Mainly it's a performance video, which we haven't done in a long time", Gahan stated. [12] The video debuted on VEVO on 1 February 2013. [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore, except where noted

CD and iTunes single [13] [14]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heaven" (album version) 4:03
2."All That's Mine" (deluxe album version) Dave Gahan, Kurt Uenala3:23
Total length:7:26
CD maxi single and iTunes EP [13] [15]
No.TitleLength
1."Heaven" (album version)4:03
2."Heaven" (Owlle remix)4:48
3."Heaven" (Steps to Heaven rmx)6:07
4."Heaven" (Blawan remix)5:43
5."Heaven" (Matthew Dear vs. Audion vocal mix)5:59
Limited 12" single [16]
No.TitleLength
1."Heaven" (Blawan dub)7:14
2."Heaven" (Owlle remix)4:48
3."Heaven" (Steps to Heaven voxdub)6:11
4."Heaven" (Matthew Dear vs. Audion instrumental mix)6:10

This is the first Depeche Mode single since 1982 to drop the "BONG" prefix.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from CD single liner notes. [17]

Charts

Release history

Release dates for "Heaven"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label
France [39] 31 January 2013 Digital download Sony Music
Germany [40]
United States [14] [15] Columbia Records
Germany [41] 1 February 2013
Sony Music
United States [42] 5 February 2013Columbia Records
France [43] 18 February 2013Sony Music
Germany [41] 22 February 2013 12" single
United States [16] 26 February 2013Columbia Records
United Kingdom [44] 17 March 2013Digital downloadSony Music
18 March 2013
  • CD single
  • CD maxi single
  • 12" single

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Dreaming of Me", while charting at only #57, was not an "official" track on Speak & Spell

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