Wear Your Love Like Heaven

"Wear Your Love Like Heaven"
Single by Donovan
from the album A Gift from a Flower to a Garden
B-side	"Oh, Gosh!"
Released	Dec 1967
Format	7" single
Genre	Psychedelic pop
Label	Epic 5-10253
Writer(s)	Donovan Leitch
Producer	Mickie Most
Donovan USA chronology
"There is a Mountain" (1967) "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" (1967) "Jennifer Juniper" (1968)

"Wear Your Love Like Heaven" is a song and US-single by Donovan, released in 1967.

A small 25 second sample of the song "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" by Donovan

It became the opening title of his double album A Gift from a Flower to a Garden. Chart positions were #23 (USA).

The song mentions several colors including Prussian blue, Alizarin crimson (Rose madder), Havana Lake (a dark brown, possibly purple), and Rose carmethene.

Covers

• Eartha Kitt, on her 1970 album Sentimental.
• They Might Be Giants, as a spoken word piece.
• Sarah McLachlan, for the Donovan tribute album Island of Circles; it also appeared on US printings of her 1991 album Solace.
• Japanese noise artist Masonna perform a noise "cover" of this song on Japanese/American Noise Treaty compilation.

Appearances in other media

The song was featured in the Eau De Love (by Menley and James) fragrance commercial in the early 1970s that featured Ali MacGraw.

It was featured in Season 13 The Simpsons episode "Weekend at Burnsie's" where Homer Simpson (after he smokes medicinal marijuana) gets ready for work and pictures his world as a psychedelic wonderland.

It was also recorded by Richie Havens on his anthology release, Richard P. Havens, 1983.

External links

• Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Single) - Donovan Unofficial Site