"Heaven" first appeared on the A Night in Heaven soundtrack album in 1983 and received substantial airplay on album-oriented rock radio stations, reaching number 9 on Billboard 's Top Tracks chart in early 1984. Live tracks recorded at the Hollywood Palladium on February 1, 1985. "Heaven" (live)/"Kids Wanna Rock" (live).radio airplay and ten years later it won a Socan Classics Award for more than 100,000 Canadian radio performances. In 1984 "Heaven" won the Procan Award (Performing Rights Organization of Canada) for Canadian radio airplay, in 1985 it won the BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) Citation of Achievement for U.S. But at the last moment, Adams changed his mind. Iovine thought the song was too 'light' for the album and recommended that Adams not include it. The song first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1983 film, A Night in Heaven, although it was not officially released as a single at this point.Īdams was unconvinced that "Heaven" was suitable for his next studio album, Reckless, a feeling that was echoed by producer Jimmy Iovine, who was working with Adams at the time.
Since the recording session for "Heaven" was running behind schedule, Adams called Journey drummer Steve Smith, who happened to be in New York at the time and he filled Curry's drumming position. Halfway through the recording session, drummer Mickey Curry – who had warned Adams about his limited availability that day – announced that he had to leave since he had committed in advance to a Hall & Oates session.
It was recorded at The Power Station in New York City on June 6 and 7, 1983. During that time, he and Jim Vallance co-wrote "Heaven", which was heavily inspired by the band's hit " Faithfully". Adams had played over 100 dates with Journey during 1983, serving as the opening act on their Frontiers Tour.
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