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"Heaven's Here"
Single by Holly Johnson
from the album Blast
Released18 September 1989
GenrePop
Length4:16
LabelMCA Records
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.[1][2]

Critical reception

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"."[3] 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?"[4] 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".[5]

Johnny Dee of Record Mirror described the song as "sweet, sparkling pop fizz".[6] 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."[7]

Track listing

7" single
  1. "Heaven's Here" - 3:55
  2. "Hollelujah" - 4:12
12" 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

Chart (1989) Peak
position
German Singles Chart[8] 58
Irish Singles Chart[9] 22
UK Singles Chart[1] 62

Remixes and b-sides

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

References

  1. ^ a b "HOLLY JOHNSON | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  2. ^ Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group - http://www.fireballmedia.ie. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2018-05-23. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help)
  3. ^ "Zang Tuum Tumb and all that | Articles | Rocket man". Zttaat.com. 1989-04-22. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  4. ^ Beard, Tony (30 September 1989). "Singles". Record Mirror.
  5. ^ "Previews: Singles". Music & Media. 14 October 1989.
  6. ^ "Zang Tuum Tumb and all that | Articles | Holly-er than thou". Zttaat.com. 1989-09-23. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  7. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CcpUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZZEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4018,5433728&dq=holly+johnson+atomic+city&hl=en
  8. ^ "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Officialcharts.de. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  9. ^ Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group - http://www.fireballmedia.ie. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2017-07-01. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help)
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