#1 - Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart / July 1985 (19 weeks on the chart)
#6 - The Record (Canada) / July 8, 1985 (16 weeks on the chart)
#8 - Swedish Chart / 1985 (7 weeks on the shart)
#9 - Billboard Top Tracks Chart / 1984 (9 weeks on the chart)
#14 - Swiss Chart / 1985 (8 weeks on the shart)
#27 - Billboard Top Tracks Chart / 1985 (8 weeks on the chart)
#38 - UK Chart / June 1985 (5 weeks on the chart)

Heaven peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart the week ending June 22, 1985.  It knocked Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Tears For Fears) from the top spot and held Phil Collins' Sussudio at #2 (Phil finally reached #1 the week ending July 6). 

Other songs on the chart that week included "Raspberry Beret" (#4-Prince), "Walking On Sunshine" (#9-Katrina and the Waves), "Every Time You Go Away" (#20-Paul Young), "Glory Days" (#21-Bruce Springsteen) and "Shout" (#42-Tears For Fears).

Heaven has been played more than 1-million times on US radio ... equivalent to more than 6 years of continuous play.

Bryan Adams: piano, percussion, vocal
Keith Scott: lead guitar
Dave Taylor: bass
Rob Sabino: keyboards
Steve Smith: drums

Recorded June 1983, Power Station, New York. Produced by Bob Clearmountain and Bryan Adams. Associate producer, Jim Vallance. Recorded and mixed by Bob Clearmountain.

Also recorded by Bryan Adams, Jose Andrea, Paul Anka, DJ Sammy, Bert Heerink, Dystopia One, Emilia, Eyra Gail, Nick Carter, Manian, Do, Hanna Pakarinen

In 1983 Bryan and I were asked to write a song for the film "A Night In Heaven", starring Lesley Ann Warren and Christopher Atkins. Unfortunately it was a dreadful film that flopped at the box office. The soundtrack album, which included our song "Heaven", suffered a similar fate.

Very few people saw the movie, and even fewer purchased the soundtrack album, so for all intents and purposes "Heaven" was still a "new" song.

Regardless, Bryan didn't think it was suitable for "Reckless", the album he was then recording. His decision may have been partly influenced by producer Jimmy Iovine, who Bryan was using as a "sounding board" at the time. Iovine thought the song was "light', and he recommended that Bryan not include it on the "Reckless" album.

I'm not sure who changed Bryan's mind, but at the very last moment he decided to add "Heaven" to the track-list. It emerged as the album's flagship single, eventually reaching the top of the U.S. and Canadian charts in the summer of 1985 (as did the album).

Bryan recorded "Heaven" at the Power Station in New York, in June 1983, with Bob Clearmountain engineering and co-producing. Part way through the session drummer Mickey Curry announced that he had to leave ... he had committed in advance to a "Hall and Oates" session, and had warned Bryan about his limited availability that day. Bryan's "Heaven" session was running behind schedule, and Mickey had no choice but to walk out!

Desperate for a drummer Bryan put in a call to Journey's Steve Smith, who happened to be in New York at the time. Luckily Steve was available, and he rushed down to the studio to fill in for Mickey.

While writing "Heaven", Bryan and I were very much influenced by Journey's style, in particular the song "Faithfully" (as an opening act Bryan played more than 100 shows with Journey) ... so I think it's quite fitting that Steve ended up playing drums on the track.

Bryan was touring the USA in the summer of 1985 when Heaven entered the "Billboard" chart.  We kept in touch by telephone, our excitement growing as the song climbed the charts, rising through the 50's and 40's (in April), the 30's and 20's (in May), and finally entering the "top ten" in June 1985. 

"If the song reaches number one", I told Bryan on the phone, "I'll fly to wherever you are so we can celebrate".  Two weeks later I was on an airplane to Cincinnati!

Although "Heaven" would later be eclipsed by the enormous success of "Everything I Do", it remains Bryan's first chart topping single.

Nearly 20 years later (2002) "Heaven" once again reached the top of the charts when it was released as a "dance" recording by "DJ Sammy".