Heaven in Your Eyes
| "Heaven in Your Eyes" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Loverboy | ||||
| from the album Top Gun | ||||
| B-side | "Friday Night" | |||
| Released | July 17, 1986[1] | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:03 (7") | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Dean, John Dexter, Mae Moore, Mike Reno | |||
| Loverboy singles chronology | ||||
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"Heaven in Your Eyes" is a song recorded by Canadian rock band Loverboy for the soundtrack to the film Top Gun. It later appeared on Loverboy's 1989 hits compilation Big Ones.
The song was originally written by Mae Moore and John Dexter, both Vancouver-area musicians.[2] As recorded, it is credited to Moore, Dexter and Paul Dean and Mike Reno from Loverboy.
Cash Box called it a "powerful, emotional rock ballad."[3] Billboard called it a "routine power ballad."[4]
Noteworthy is the fact that Loverboy keyboardist Doug Johnson does not appear in the song's music video. His absence was intentional, as he felt that the Top Gun film over-glamorized war and military service.[5]
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 [6] | 12
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| US Cash Box Top 100[7] | 10
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| Canada The Record Singles[8] | 30
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| Canada RPM Top Singles | 24
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References
[edit]- ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 33.
- ^ "Mae Moore biography". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. August 2, 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ "Reviews". Billboard. August 2, 1986. p. 65. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ "Revisiting the Top Gun Soundtrack". 22 September 2015.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955-2010. Record Research.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits: 1952-1996. Record Research.
- ^ Lwin, Nanda (2000). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Mississauga, Ontario: Music Data Canada. ISBN 1-896594-13-1.
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