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. Here are some international chart numbers:

#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 chart)
#27 - Billboard Top Tracks Chart / 1985 (8 weeks on the chart)
#38 - UK Chart / June 1985 (5 weeks on the chart)

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

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

From the album "Bare Bones" (2010)
Bryan Adams: acoustic guitar, vocal
Gary Breit: piano

Also recorded by Jose Andrea, Paul Anka, Brandi Carlile, DJ Sammy, Bert Heerink, Dystopia One, Emilia, Eyra Gail, Nick Carter, Do, Hanna Pakarinen, Jason Aldean.

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

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

Bryan recorded "Heaven" at the Power Station in New York in June 1983 with engineer and co-producer Bob Clearmountain, but the session didn't go smoothly. Part way through the recording, drummer Mickey Curry announced he had to leave.  He'd warned Bryan about his limited availability that day ... he'd committed in advance to a "Hall and Oates" session. The "Heaven" session was running behind schedule, taking longer than planned, and Mickey had no choice but to walk out!

Desperate for a drummer Bryan put in a call to Steve Smith, Journey's drummer. Steve rushed down to the studio and did a superb job substituting for Mickey.

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 a flight 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" track by "DJ Sammy".