Heaven (Warrant song)

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"Heaven"
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Single by Warrant
from the album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
B-side "In the Sticks" [1]
ReleasedJuly 1989
Recorded1988
Genre Glam metal [2] [3]
Length3:57
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Jani Lane
Producer(s) Beau Hill
Warrant singles chronology
"Down Boys"
(1989)		"Heaven"
(1989)		"Big Talk"
(1989)

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

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Background

"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

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

"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]

Chart positions

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [19] Gold500,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [20] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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