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Halfway To Heaven | ||||||||||||
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| Recording Artist: | Europe | ||||||||||||
| Writers: | Jim
Vallance Joey Tempest |
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| Date Written: | April 1991 / Vancouver Canada | ||||||||||||
| Albums: | Prisoners
In Paradise (Epic Records, September 23, 1991) Super Hits (1998) Rock The Night Away - The Very Best Of Europe (Sony Music, 2004) |
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| Audio 1: | Released version |
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Joey Tempest: vocals Kee Marcello: guitars Mic Michaeli: keyboards John Leven: bass Ian Haugland: drums |
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Produced by Beau Hill. Recorded by
Jimmy Hoyson at Enterprise Studios, Burbank California. Mixed by Beau Hill and Jimmy Hoyson. |
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| Audio 2: | Demo recording |
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Joey Tempest: vocals, guitars Jim Vallance: keyboards, bass, drums |
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Recorded at Distorto Studios, Vancouver. |
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Joey flew to Vancouver in April '91, and we spent four productive days writing and demoing in my studio. Joey had recently moved to the Bahamas from his native Sweden. I asked him what it was like living in "paradise" full-time. Joey told me that, in the beginning, he enjoyed the sandy beaches and constant warm, sunny weather -- but after a month or two the novelty wore off and he started to miss everything Swedish: the food, the weather, the architecture, his family. I wasn't surprised when I heard he'd named the next Europe album "Prisoners In Paradise". Joey is an extraordinarily talented guy -- an excellent singer, guitarist and keyboard player. I really enjoyed working with him. |
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| Lyrics: | Another
day has come Can't face it on my own I almost let you walk away I guess I should have known I'll give it to you straight 'Cause some things just can't wait I've got to make it up to you And I'll pray it's not too late 'Cause when you look at me With those sad blue eyes It stops me cold and I realize You're all I need tonight We're halfway to heaven Lyin' beside you on a night So still We're halfway to heaven I ask you if you'll stay and baby Say you will So what's a man to do To get it through to you Another lost and lonely night Would break this heart in two So let's take a chance And it'll be alright Just put your trusr in me tonight Girl we're almost there We're halfway to heaven There's something magic 'Bout the way you kiss We're halfway to heaven Runnin' with you baby On a night like this We're halfway to heaven I never dreamed that I could get this high We're halfway to heaven Girl I couldn't leave you Even if I tried You got me captured In a crazy spin You got me so I just Can't tell the shape I'm in |
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