| "Heaven" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Talking Heads | |
| from the album Fear of Music | |
| Released | August 3, 1979 |
| Genre | Country rock[1] |
| Length | 4:01 |
| Label | Sire |
| Songwriter(s) | David Byrne, Jerry Harrison |
| Producer(s) | Brian Eno, Talking Heads |
| Audio | |
| "Heaven (2005 Remaster)" on YouTube | |
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"Heaven" is a song by the American new wave band Talking Heads, released on their 1979 album Fear of Music. The song was performed live in their 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, as well as the 2004 CD reissue of The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads. The lyrics refer to heaven as a "place where nothing ever happens", and describe a bar, a party, and a kiss that repeat the exact same way endlessly. The song has been called "the calm after their unusual ominous storm" by AllMusic[2] as well as something "psychologists would certainly have a field day with" by author and The Guardian journalist Ian Gittins.[3]
Dave Bell, writing for quarterly UK magazine Ceasefire, argued that the song "epitomises pop as Samuel Beckett might write it: tedious, beautiful and desperate".[4]
- ^ Janovitz, Bill. "Heaven by Talking Heads - Track Info - AllMusic". allmusic. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Heaven - Talking Heads", Allmusic.com.
- ^ Gittins, Ian (2004). Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime: The Stories Behind Every Song. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 57. ISBN 9780634080333. Link
- ^ "Deserter's Songs: A Place Where Nothing Ever Happens". Ceasefire Magazine. Retrieved 5 January 2015.