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Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Music by Rick Nowels
Originally Performed by Belinda Carlisle
"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" is a song recorded by American singer Belinda Carlisle for her second studio album Heaven on Earth (1987). Written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, the song was released as the lead single from the Heaven on Earth album on September 14, 1987, and it hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on December 5, 1987, becoming Carlisle's only US chart-topper, to date. A month later it hit number one in the United Kingdom, where it held the top spot of the UK Singles Chart for two weeks.
The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1988 but lost to Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)". In 2017, ShortList's Dave Fawbert listed the song as containing "one of the greatest key changes in music history". In 2015, Carlisle re-recorded the song as an acoustic ballad. This version appeared on her album Wilder Shores (2017), which combines acoustic tracks with world beats and traditional Sikh chants.
Release Date: 1987
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of the Go-Go's, scored a number one hit with this chorus-belting power ballad in 1987! Mark Brymer's arrangement ups the ante with extensive use of vocables with a unique bridge section sure to get your audience singing along!
Voicing: SAB
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of the Go-Go's, scored a number one hit with this chorus-belting power ballad in 1987! Mark Brymer's arrangement ups the ante with extensive use of vocables with a unique bridge section sure to get your audience singing along!
Voicing: SATB
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of the Go-Go's, scored a number one hit with this chorus-belting power ballad in 1987! Mark Brymer's arrangement ups the ante with extensive use of vocables with a unique bridge section sure to get your audience singing along!
Voicing: SSAAA
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of the Go-Go's, scored a number one hit with this chorus-belting power ballad in 1987! Mark Brymer's arrangement ups the ante with extensive use of vocables with a unique bridge section sure to get your audience singing along!
Voicing: SATB
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of the Go-Go's, scored a number one hit with this chorus-belting power ballad in 1987! Mark Brymer's arrangement ups the ante with extensive use of vocables with a unique bridge section sure to get your audience singing along!
Voicing: SAB
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of the Go-Go's, scored a number one hit with this chorus-belting power ballad in 1987! Mark Brymer's arrangement ups the ante with extensive use of vocables with a unique bridge section sure to get your audience singing along!
Voicing: SSAAA
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Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of the Go-Go's, scored a number one hit with this chorus-belting power ballad in 1987! Mark Brymer's arrangement ups the ante with extensive use of vocables with a unique bridge section sure to get your audience singing along!
Arranger: Mark Brymer | Composer: Rick Nowels Performed By: Belinda Carlisle
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