Stairway to Heaven (Pure Soul song)

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"Stairway to Heaven"
Stheaven.jpg
Single by Pure Soul
from the album Pure Soul
B-side "Turns Me On"
ReleasedFebruary 20, 1996
Genre R&B
Label Interscope
Songwriter(s) Gamble, Huff, Cary Gilbert
Pure Soul singles chronology
"I Want You Back"
(1995)
"Stairway to Heaven"
(1996)
Music video
"Stairway to Heaven" Video on YouTube

Stairway to Heaven is the title of an R&B single by Pure Soul. It was the final single from their debut album. A radio-remix of the single was serviced to radio featuring The O'Jays, who originally recorded the song on their Family Reunion album in 1975. [1]

Chart positions

Chart (1996)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 18
U.S. Jet Magazine Top 20 [2] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 79

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References

  1. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1996-03-23. p.  21. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 2015-08-04.
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