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"Heaven's Here"
Single by Holly Johnson
from the album Blast
B-side"Hollelujah"
Released11 September 1989[1]
GenrePop
Length
  • 3:55 (7-inch)
  • 4:16 (album version)
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Holly Johnson
Producer(s)Stephen Hague
Holly Johnson singles chronology
"Atomic City"
(1989) 		"Heaven's Here"
(1989) 		"Where Has Love Gone?"
(1990)

"Heaven's Here" a song by English singer Holly Johnson, released in 1989 as the fourth and final single from his debut solo album Blast. It was written by Johnson and produced by Stephen Hague. The song reached No. 62 in the UK and No. 22 in Ireland.[2][3]

Critical reception[edit]

Upon release, Melody Maker commented: "Holly's a great one for the notion that social improvement begins with the self. We are all prospective gods and the sweet "Heaven's Here" tells us, "This is your lifetime"."[4] Tony Beard of Record Mirror described the song as "classy show-off pop" and added: "Not as stop-you-in-yer-tracks catchy as "Americanos" nor as thrillingly shocksome as anything by Frankie, but Holly Johnson really has hit a rich vein of form of late hasn't he?"[5]

David Swift of New Musical Express described the song as "quality fluff" and commented, "All the right elements are present - back-up nodules from the Gates of Pearl, tinkling cascade FX [and] family-teatime chorus."[6] Music & Media considered the song "more commercial" than the preceding "Atomic City" and described it as an "easy-going, mid-tempo number with a good chorus".[7]

Johnny Dee of Record Mirror described the song as "sweet, sparkling pop fizz".[8] The Age commented: "The lad's mellowed. "Atomic City" is very 'Frankie Goes to Hollywood', but "Heaven's Here" is an ordinary, vague, love song - it'd be a good song to give to Jason. I can see him now, haloed by pure white clouds on a sand dune, Kylie's face in the clouds of course."[9]

Track listing[edit]

7-inch single
  1. "Heaven's Here" - 3:55
  2. "Hollelujah" - 4:12
12-inch single
  1. "Heaven's Here (Mount Olympus Mix)" - 9:23
  2. "Hollelujah" - 4:12
  3. "Heaven's Here" - 3:55
CD single
  1. "Heaven's Here" - 3:57
  2. "Heaven's Here (Mount Olympus Mix)" - 9:23
  3. "Hollelujah" - 4:08
Cassette single
  1. "Heaven's Here" - 3:55
  2. "Hollelujah" - 4:12

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1989) Peak
position
German Singles Chart[10] 58
Irish Singles Chart[11] 22
UK Singles Chart[2] 62

Remixes and B-sides[edit]

  • "Hollelujah"
  • "Heaven's Here" (12-inch version)
  • "Heaven's Here" (Mount Olympus mix)
  • "Heaven's Here" (Julian Mendelsohn remix)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Smith, Robin (2 September 1989). "News - Good heavens". Record Mirror. p. 4.
  2. ^ a b "HOLLY JOHNSON | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  3. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". The Irish Charts. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  4. ^ "Zang Tuum Tumb and all that | Articles | Rocket man". Zttaat.com. 1989-04-22. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  5. ^ Beard, Tony (30 September 1989). "Singles". Record Mirror.
  6. ^ Swift, David (23 September 1989). "45s". New Musical Express. p. 23.
  7. ^ "Previews: Singles". Music & Media. 14 October 1989.
  8. ^ "Zang Tuum Tumb and all that | Articles | Holly-er than thou". Zttaat.com. 1989-09-23. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  9. ^ "The Age - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  10. ^ "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Officialcharts.de. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  11. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". The Irish Charts. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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