Heaven in Your Eyes

"Heaven in Your Eyes"
Single by Loverboy
from the album Top Gun
B-side	"Friday Night"
Released	July 17, 1986 [1]
Genre	Rock
Length	4:03 (7")
Label	Columbia
Songwriters	Paul Dean, John Dexter, Mae Moore, Mike Reno
Producer	Dale Penner
Loverboy singles chronology
"Lead a Double Life" (1986) "Heaven in Your Eyes" (1986) "Notorious" (1987)

"Heaven in Your Eyes" is a song recorded by Canadian rock band Loverboy for the soundtrack to the film Top Gun . It later appeared on Loverboy's 1989 hits compilation Big Ones .

The song was originally written by Mae Moore and John Dexter, both Vancouver-area musicians. ^[2] As recorded, it is credited to Moore, Dexter and Paul Dean and Mike Reno from Loverboy.

Cash Box called it a "powerful, emotional rock ballad." ^[3] Billboard called it a "routine power ballad." ^[4]

Noteworthy is the fact that Loverboy keyboardist Doug Johnson does not appear in the song's music video. His absence was intentional, as he felt that the Top Gun film over-glamorized war and military service. ^[5]

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 [6]	12
US Cash Box Top 100 [7]	10
Canada The Record Singles [8]	30
Canada RPM Top Singles	24

References

1. "FMQB" (PDF). p. 33.
2. "Mae Moore biography". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
3. "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. August 2, 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
4. "Reviews". Billboard. August 2, 1986. p. 65. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
5. "Revisiting the Top Gun Soundtrack". 22 September 2015.
6. Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955-2010. Record Research.
7. Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits: 1952-1996. Record Research.
8. Lwin, Nanda (2000). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Mississauga, Ontario: Music Data Canada. ISBN   1-896594-13-1.