Heaven in Our Headlights

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"Heaven in Our Headlights"
Single by Hedley
from the album Wild Life
ReleasedJune 17, 2014 (2014-06-17)
Genre Pop [1]
Length3:09
Label Universal Canada
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Hoggard
  • Sipe
Hedley singles chronology
"Crazy for You"
(2014)
"Heaven in Our Headlights"
(2014)
"Pocket Full of Dreams"
(2014)
Music video
"Heaven in Our Headlights" on YouTube

"Heaven in Our Headlights" is a song by recorded by Canadian pop rock band Hedley for their fifth studio album, Wild Life . The song was issued to radio as the third official single from the album on June 17, 2014, while the music video premiered on June 20. The song sold 82,000 digital copies in Canada as of December 2014. [2]

Contents

Background and composition

The song was written by lead singer Jacob Hoggard, Brian Howes and Nolan Sipe. The track runs at 120 BPM and is in the key of C major. [3] Hoggard described the song as a "road trip song." [4]

Music video

The music video for "Heaven in Our Headlights" was released on June 20, 2014. It was directed by Matt Leaf and Jacob Hoggard. [5] The video is set mostly in a desert following a couple on a road trip as well as scenes from their tour, Wild Live. [6]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for "Heaven in Our Headlights"
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef(s)
2015 MuchMusic Video Awards Pop Video of the YearNominated [7]
Fan Fave Video of the YearNominated
2015 SOCAN Awards Pop/Rock Music AwardWon [8]

Charts

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