"Heaven Is" | ||||
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Single by Def Leppard | ||||
from the album Adrenalize | ||||
B-side | "She's Too Tough" "Elected (Live)" "Let's Get Rocked (Live)" |
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Released | January 1993 | |||
Format | 12"/ CD | |||
Length | 3:37 | |||
Label | Bludgeon Riffola | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Joe Elliott Phil Collen Steve Clark Rick Savage Robert John "Mutt" Lange |
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Producer(s) | Mike Shipley and Def Leppard | |||
Def Leppard singles chronology | ||||
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"Heaven Is" is a 1993 single by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their 1992 multi-platinum album Adrenalize. The single reached number 13 in the UK.
In a statement on the Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection and Best of Def Leppard compilation albums, the band's lead singer Joe Elliott described the song's backing vocals on the chorus sounded much like the The Beach Boys, and said that it was the first time Def Leppard went that far. He also described the song as being "More Queen than Queen". Lead guitarist Phil Collen said that this song had been around for years and that parts of it were taken from the song "Armageddon It".
According to a Joe Elliott statement on the Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection, Best of Def Leppard and Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980-1995) compilation albums, he hated the music video.
CD: Bludgeon Riffola / LEPCD 9 (UK) / 864 731-2 (INT)
"Elected" was recorded at Tilburg, Netherlands in 1987; "Let's Get Rocked" was recorded at Bonn, Germany in May 29, 1992
7": Bludgeon Riffola / LEP 9 (UK) / INT 864 730-7 / Special Edition Autographed Etched Disk
12": Bludgeon Riffola / LEPX 9 (UK) / INT 864 731-1 / Picture Disc