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Heaven (Talking Heads song)
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"Heaven" is a song by the American new wave band, Talking Heads. The song was from their 1979 album Fear of Music, and it was also featured as the second song in their 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense. 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]
Quick Facts Song by Talking Heads, from the album Fear of Music ...
"Heaven" | |
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Song by Talking Heads | |
from the album Fear of Music | |
Released | August 3, 1979 (1979-08-03) |
Genre | Country rock[1] |
Length | 4:01 |
Label | Sire |
Songwriter(s) | David Byrne, Jerry Harrison |
Producer(s) | Brian Eno, Talking Heads |
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"Heaven (2005 Remaster)" on YouTube | |
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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]