Heaven
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Heaven
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| Song | Heaven |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Ben Hillier |
| Recorded at | Sound Design (Santa Barbara) Jungle City (New York) |
| Length (mm:ss) | 4:03 |
| Tempo | 100 BPM |
| Time signature | 4 4 |
| Key | B♭ Minor |
| Programmed by | Christoffer Berg |
| Engineered by | Ferg Peterkin |
| Engineering assistance | Tomas del Toro-Diaz Will Loomis Dan Tobiason |
| Mixed by | Flood |
| Mix engineering | Rob Kirwan |
| Mixing assistance | Drew Smith |
| Vocal recording | Kurt Uenala |
| Mastered by | Bunt Stafford-Clark |
| Design | Anton Corbijn |
| Photography | Anton Corbijn |
| Backprojection images | Anja Grabert |
| Recorded | March–October 2012 |
| Originally released | 31 January 2013 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 123 times * |
| Total live performances | 123 times * |
"Heaven" is a song from the 2013 album Delta Machine by Depeche Mode. It was released as the lead single from the album on 31 January 2013.
Quotes
Dave Gahan: Of all the incredible songs that Martin has written over the years that I have been lucky enough to sing and perform, once in a while a song comes along — hopefully I'll write one of those myself one day — that's something I have to sing. It's something I want to sing. It feels like I'm putting on a pair of boots that I've worn for years, that I love. It fits. As soon as I heard that song he had played me the demo, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it. There's no other song like it on the record. That was one song from this record that I knew that this was gonna be the linchpin to this session. Everything has got to be as good as this. To me, 'Heaven' is one of the reasons why I still make music.
Andrew Fletcher: 'Heaven' is interesting, because Martin really cracked it with this 'Heaven'. Pretty much, apart from Dave's voice instead of Martin's voice, the actual finished song is pretty similar [to the demo].
Martin Gore: 'Heaven' was written on a piano. I had all the chords and everything all worked out on the piano and the whole vocal melody and the lyrics worked out before I went anywhere near a computer.
— Dave Gahan, Andrew Fletcher, Martin Gore – Heaven and Delta Machine EPK
Lyrics
Heaven
Sometimes I slide away silently
I slowly lose myself over and over
Take comfort in my skin endlessly
Surrender to my will forever and ever
I dissolve in trust
I will sing with joy
I will end up dust
I'm in heaven
I stand in golden rays radiantly
I burn a fire of love over and over
Reflecting endless light relentlessly
I have embraced the flame forever and ever
I will scream the word
Jump into the void
I will guide the herd
Up to heaven
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©2013 EMI Blackwood Music Inc. o/b/o itself and / Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. (BMI). All rights reserved.
Music video
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "Heaven"
- Main article: List of dates where "Heaven" was played
