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).

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 us to submit an original recording for the film "A Night In Heaven" starring Lesley Ann Warren and Christopher Atkins.

After viewing a rough edit of the film (which was still in production) Bryan Adams and I wrote a song using the title "Heaven". Other than that, our lyric didn't follow the script or the storyline. Regardless, the director liked our song and it was approved for use in the film.

Bryan recorded the track in June 1983 at the Power Station recording studio in New York with producer/engineer Bob Clearmountain ... but things didn't go smoothly.

Part way through the session, drummer Mickey Curry announced that he had to leave! In his defense, Mickey had warned Bryan about his limited availability (he was booked for a "Hall and Oates" session later in the day). The "Heaven" session was taking longer than expected, and Mickey had no choice but to leave before the recording was completed.

Desperate for a drummer Bryan put in a call to Journey's drummer Steve Smith, who happened to live in New York. Steve rushed down to the studio and did a superb job finishing what Mickey had started.

Thank you, Steve!

Sadly, the film flopped at the box office. Very few people saw "A Night In Heaven", and even fewer purchased the soundtrack album. As a result, by any definition "Heaven" was an unknown song!

With that in mind, two years later Bryan decided to add this "new/unknown" song to his next recording project. In fact, "Heaven" ended up being the first single released from Bryan's "Reckless" album!

In the Spring of 1985, in support of the new album, Bryan embarked on a tour. We kept in touch by telephone (this was 10 years before email). Our excitement grew each day as "Heaven" climbed the all-important Billboard chart, rising through the 50's and 40's (in April), the 30's and 20's (in May), and finally entering the "Top Ten".

"If the song reaches Number One", I said to Bryan over the phone, "I'll fly to wherever you are, so we can celebrate".  Two weeks later, in June 1985, I was on a flight to Cleveland!