Heaven Is a Place on Earth
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Heaven Is a Place on Earth is a song by Belinda Carlisle from the year 1987 , that of Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley was written. It appeared on the album Heaven on Earth .
history
For the song, the songwriters were inspired by the aria Sleep, my dearest, enjoy the peace from Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio . In addition to the songwriters, Michelle Phillips from The Mamas and the Papas and Diane Warren sang as a background singer . Thomas Dolby played the keyboard .
The publication took place in September 1987. In the USA, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and South Africa, the pop song reached the top of the charts.
In films such as Romy and Michele , American Pie - The Wedding , What a Girl Wants , Wild Child , Harold & Kumar 2 - Escape from Guantanamo Bay , and Love and Other Drugs - side effects included one could hear the song. In the episode San Junipero of the British television series Black Mirror , it plays a major role in the plot.
Music video
The music video was directed by actress Diane Keaton . The design is surreal and Carlisle's husband also appears in the video. In the storyline, Belinda Carlisle performs the song while black masked children hold globes and Carlisle cuddles with her husband. The clip was filmed at Six Flags Magic Mountain .
Cover versions
- 1989: The Shadows
- 1997: Kafkas
- 2002: DJ Lhasa
- 2003: Gregorian
- 2005: Virus Incorporation
- 2006: Nightfall
- 2008: Elvenking
- 2009: MxPx
- 2011: U-Jean feat. Carlprit
- 2013: Mia Julia Oh Baby (German version)
- 2017: Ikke Hüftgold Urensohn (German version)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sources chart placements: DE ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. / AT / CH / US , accessed May 17, 2011.
- ↑ Heaven Is a Place on Earth in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ↑ Release date , Rateyourmusic.com
- ↑ Charles Bramesco: Black Mirror Recap: Heaven Is a Place on Earth. In: New York . October 21, 2016, accessed on July 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Music video on YouTube