Heaven's on Fire

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"Heaven's on Fire"
Heaven's on Fire single.jpg
Single by Kiss
from the album Animalize
B-side "Lonely Is the Hunter"
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1984 (U.S.)
RecordedRight Track Studios,
New York City: 1984
Genre Glam metal [1] [2]
Length3:18
Label Mercury 880 205-7 (US)
Songwriter(s) Paul Stanley, Desmond Child
Producer(s) Paul Stanley
Kiss singles chronology
"All Hell's Breakin' Loose/Young and Wasted"
(1984)		"Heaven's on Fire"
(1984)		"Thrills in the Night/Burn Bitch Burn"
(1985)
Music video
"Heaven's on Fire" on YouTube

"Heaven's on Fire" is a song by the American rock band Kiss. Written by vocalist/guitarist Paul Stanley and songwriter Desmond Child, it was the first single released from the group's 1984 album Animalize . [3]

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Background

The opening "Woo-oo-oo" was a vocal warm-up by Stanley that was accidently recorded but was later added to the song.

Released as a single internationally in 1984, "Heaven's on Fire" charted in several countries, even though it failed to reach the top ten in any of the countries where it was released as a single. [4] It did reach #11 on Billboard' s Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks [5] and #49 on the Billboard Hot 100. [5] In addition, the song is one of only a select few from the bands' non-makeup era that has been performed live after the band returned to wearing makeup.

A video for the single was filmed and played on MTV, and was directed by David Lewis and produced by John Weaver. [6] It marked the only official promotional performance of the band with lead guitarist Mark St. John before he left the group due to problems in his hands caused by a painful, but temporary, form of arthritis called Reactive arthritis.
St. John would be replaced shortly afterwards by Bruce Kulick.

A live version of the song was recorded at Cobo Hall on December 8, 1984, as part of the Kiss: Animalize Live Uncensored video, and was later released on the Hear 'n Aid album.

Personnel

Kiss

Additional musician

Charts

Chart (1984-1985)Peak
position
Australian Singles (Kent Music Report) [7] 62
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [8] 46
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [9] 34
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 19
UK Singles (OCC) [11] 43
US Billboard Hot 100 [12] 49
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [13] 11

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References

  1. ↑ KISSology – Kiss | Songs, Reviews, Credits , retrieved March 24, 2021
  2. ↑ Wilkening, Matthew (September 23, 2020). "10 Worst Kiss Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved April 10, 2021. and hair metal with '80s hits such as "Heaven's on Fire"
  3. ↑ KISS singles history Archived May 7, 2006, at archive.today
  4. ↑ International Chart History
  5. 1 2 "Billboard singles chart history-Kiss" . Retrieved February 18, 2009.
  6. ↑ KISS Video Information
  7. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  8. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 9610." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
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