Paradise (disambiguation)

A paradise is a religious concept of an idealized place.

Paradise may also refer to:

Places

Australia

• Paradise, Queensland, a ghost town now inundated by Lake Paradise
• Paradise, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
• Paradise, Tasmania, a locality in the Kentish Council area

Canada

• Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Paradise, Nova Scotia

Grenada

• Paradise, Grenada

Guyana

• Paradise, Guyana

New Zealand

• Paradise, New Zealand

Suriname

• Paradise, Suriname

United Kingdom

• Paradise, Birmingham, in the West Midlands
• Paradise, Gloucestershire, a place in South West England
• Paradise, Tyne and Wear, in North East England
• Paradise, the nickname of Celtic Park football stadium in Glasgow, Scotland

United States

• Paradise Township (disambiguation)
• Paradise, Arizona
• Paradise, California, an incorporated town in Butte County
• Paradise, Butte County, alternative name of former settlement and mining camp Paradise Flat, California
• Paradise, Humboldt County, former name of the unincorporated community of Shively, California
• Paradise, Mono County, California
• Paradise, Illinois
• Paradise, Indiana
• Paradise, Kansas
• Paradise, Kentucky
• Paradise, Michigan
• Paradise, Missouri
• Paradise, Montana
• Paradise, Nevada
• Paradise, Ohio
• Paradise, Oregon
• Paradise, Pennsylvania
• Paradise, Texas
• Paradise, Utah
• Paradise (Warrenton, Virginia), a historic house
• Paradise, Washington
• Paradise, West Virginia
• Paradise, United States Virgin Islands

• Paradise Ice Caves, a system of interconnected glacier caves within Mount Rainier's Paradise Glacier, Washington, U.S.

People

• Paradise (surname)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Artwork

• Il Paradiso or Pardise (c. 1588), a painting by Tintoretto that is reputedly the largest painting ever done on canvas
• Paradise (c. 1620), a painting by Jan Brueghel the Younger

Fictional entities

• Paradise, Massachusetts, in the Jesse Stone novels by Robert B. Parker and Michael Brandman
• Paradise, Ohio, in the a young adult science fiction novel I Am Number Four series by Pittacus Lore

Films

• Paradise (1926 film), starring Betty Bronson and Milton Sills
• Paradise (1928 film), directed by Denison Clift and starring Betty Balfour
• Paradise (1932 film), directed by Guido Brignone
• Paradise (1975 film), directed by Bill Hughes
• Paradise (1982 film), starring Phoebe Cates and Willie Aames
• Paradise (1984), a National Film Board of Canada animated short by Ishu Patel
• Paradise (1991 film), starring Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson
• Paradise (2011 film), directed by Ulrich Seidl
• Paradise (2011 Greek film), a film
• Paradise (2013 film), directed by Diablo Cody
• Paradise (2016 film), directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
• Paradise, Hawaiian Style, 1966 musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley
• Paradise, Texas (film), a 2006 film starring Timothy Bottoms

Games

• Paradise (video game), a 2006 computer adventure game

Literature

• Paradise (Abdulrazak Gurnah), a 1994 historical novel
• Paradise (Dante), part of the 14th-century Divine Comedy
• Paradise (novel), a 1997 novel by American writer Toni Morrison
• Paradise (Barthelme novel), a 1986 novel by Donald Barthelme
• Paradise, a 1913 novel by Alice Brown
• Paradise, a 1925 novel by Cosmo Hamilton
• Paradise, a 1937 novel by Esther Forbes
• Paradise, a 1991 novel by Elena Castedo; Castedo also published a Spanish version El Paradiso
• Paradise, a fantasy novel by Japanese writer Koji Suzuki
• Paradise, an English title of the science fiction novel Paradyzja by Janusz A. Zajdel
• Paradise Lost, a 1667 epic poem by John Milton
• Paradise Regained, a 1671 epic poem by John Milton and sequel to Paradise Lost

Music

Bands

• Paradise (band), a London Gospel quintet of the early 1980s
• Paradise (Hmong band), a Hmong-American pop band started in 1989

Albums

• Paradise (A-Reece album), 2016
• Paradise (Billy Lawrence album), 1997
• Paradise (Bob Sinclar album), 1998
• Paradise (By2 album), 2013
• Paradise (Cody Simpson album), 2012
• Paradise (Grover Washington Jr. album), 1979
• Paradise (Inner City album), 1989
• Paradise (John Anderson album), 1996
• Paradise (Joy and the Boy album), 2001
• Paradise (Kaci Battaglia album), 2001
• Paradise (Kenny G album), 2002
• Paradise (Leroy Hutson album), 1982
• Paradise (Lil Suzy album), 1997
• Paradise (My Disco album), 2008
• Paradise (Paint It Black album), 2005
• Paradise (Peabo Bryson album), 1980
• Paradise (Phoebe Cates album)
• Paradise (Pirates of the Mississippi album), 1995
• Paradise (Ruby Turner album), 1989
• Paradise (Slow Club album), 2011
• Paradise (Stars album), 1977
• Paradise (TQ album), 2008
• Paradise (White Lung album), 2016
• Paradise (Anohni EP), 2017
• Paradise (The Insyderz EP), 1998
• Paradise (Lana Del Rey EP), 2012
• Paradise, Hawaiian Style (album), by Elvis Presley, 1966

Songs

• "Paradise" (1931 song), by Nacio Herb Brown
• "Paradise" (Aztec Camera song), 1987
• "Paradise" (Bazzi song), 2019
• "Paradise" (Bee Gees song), 1981
• "Paradise" (Benny Benassi and Chris Brown song), 2016
• "Paradise" (Big Sean song), 2014
• "Paradise" (Change song), 1981
• "Paradise" (Charli XCX song), 2016
• "Paradise" (Chris Brown song), 2017
• "Paradise" (Coldplay song), 2011
• "Paradise" (E-Type & Nana Hedin song), 2004
• "Paradise" (George Ezra song), 2018
• "Paradise" (Hello Venus song), 2016
• "Paradise" (John Anderson song), 1995
• "Paradise" (John Prine song), 1971
• "Paradise" (Khalid song), 2019
• "Paradise" (LL Cool J song), 2002, featuring Amerie
• "Paradise" (Ofenbach song), 2018, featuring Benjamin Ingrosso
• "Paradise" (Sade song), 1988
• "Paradise" (Styx song), 1997
• "Paradise" (The Temptations song), 1962
• "Paradise" (What About Us?), a 2013 song by Within Temptation
• "Paradise", by Alcazar from Casino
• "Paradise", by The Boo Radleys from Everything's Alright Forever
• "Paradise", by Beyond from Second Floor
• "Paradise", by Bruce Springsteen from The Rising
• "Paradise", by Diana Ross from Workin' Overtime
• "Paradise", by Dwight Yoakam from the compilation album Dwight's Used Records
• "Paradise", by Ellie Goulding from Delirium
• "Paradise", by Faith Evans from Incomparable
• "Paradise", by Fergie from the deluxe edition version of the album The Dutchess
• "Paradise", by The Insyderz from Paradise EP
• "Paradise", by Iron Savior from Condition Red
• "Paradise", by Jackie DeShannon from Jackie
• "Paradise", by Jeremy Camp from Reckless
• "Paradise", by Jimmy Barnes from Bodyswerve
• "Paradise", by John Denver from Rocky Mountain High
• "Paradise", by John Fogerty from The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
• "Paradise", by Jolin Tsai from J1 Live Concert
• "Paradise", by Lynn Anderson from All the King's Horses
• "Paradise", by McAuley Schenker Group from M.S.G.
• "Paradise", by Mýa from Sugar & Spice
• "Paradise", by New Order from Brotherhood
• "Paradise", by Phoebe Cates from the film Paradise, 1982
• "Paradise", by The Saints from The Monkey Puzzle
• "Paradise", by The Stranglers from Feline
• "Paradise", by Stratovarius from Visions
• "Paradise", by T-Max from the Korean television series Boys Over Flowers
• "Paradise", by Timmy T from Time After Time
• "Paradise", by Tove Lo from Truth Serum
• "Paradise", by Uriah Heep from Demons and Wizards
• "Paradise", by Vanessa Carlton from Be Not Nobody
• "Paradise", by Vincent from his 2007 album Lucky Thirteen
• "Paradise (Not for Me)", a song by Madonna from Music
• "Paradise", written by Harry Nilsson and recorded by both The Ronettes and The Shangri-Las in the 1960s
• "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" (song), first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Television

Series

• Paradise (TV series), broadcast 1988–91
• The Paradise (TV series), a BBC drama, broadcast 2012–13, based on the Émile Zola novel, Au Bonheur des Dames

Episodes

• "Paradise" (Criminal Minds), a 2008 episode
• "Paradise" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), a 1994 episode
• "Paradise" (The Outer Limits), a 1996 episode

Sports

• Paradise (synchronized skating team), a synchronized skating team from Russia
• Paradise FC, a football club from Grenada
• Nickname for stadiums:
  • Celtic Park, Glasgow; home of Celtic F.C.
  • Celtic Park (Belfast); former home of Belfast Celtic F.C.

Other uses

• Paradise (cocktail), an IBA official cocktail, made with gin and brandy
• Carnival Paradise, a 1998 cruise ship owned by Carnival Cruise Lines
• Nexor Paradise (Piloting a Research Directory in an OSI Environment), an X.500 directory project
• Paradise Garage, a NYC discothèque that operated from 1976 to 1987
• Paradise garden, a form of garden
• Paradise Systems, a subsidiary of Western Digital that produced video cards between 1986 and 1995

See also

• Adventures in Paradise (disambiguation)
• Amish Paradise, a 1996 single by parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic from the album Bad Hair Day
• Another Day in Paradise (disambiguation)
• Bird of paradise (disambiguation)
• Gangsta's Paradise, a 1995 album by Coolio
• Garden of Eden
• Heaven (disambiguation)
• Lake Paradise (disambiguation)
• Lost Paradise (disambiguation)
• Par-A-Dice Hotel and Casino, a 1997 riverboat casino in Illinois
• Paradies (disambiguation)
• Paradise City (disambiguation)
• Paradise Club (disambiguation)
• Paradise Harbor or Paradise Bay, an embayment in Antarctica
• Paradise Lake (disambiguation)
• Paradise Lost (disambiguation)
• Paradise Theatre (disambiguation)
• Paradise Valley (disambiguation)
• Paradiso (disambiguation)
• Paradize (disambiguation)
• Stranger in Paradise (disambiguation)
• Surfers Paradise (disambiguation)