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 us to submit a song for an about-to-be-released film called "A Night In Heaven" starring Lesley Ann Warren and Christopher Atkins.

We wrote a song, the director liked it, and "Heaven" was approved for use in the film.

Bryan recorded the track in June 1983 at the Power Station in New York with producer/engineer Bob Clearmountain ... but it 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 took much longer than expected, and Mickey had no choice! He had to leave.

Desperate for a drummer Bryan put in a call to Journey's Steve Smith, who rushed 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 a new, unknown song!

With that in mind, a few years later Bryan decided to add this "new" song to an album he was working on at the time. In fact, "Heaven" ended up being the first single released from Bryan's "Reckless" album!

In the Spring of 1985 Bryan embarked on a tour. We kept in touch by telephone -- (this was 10 years before email) -- our excitement growing 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" in June 1985. 

"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 I was on a flight to Cleveland!

Postscript: In 2002 "Heaven" reached the top of the charts again, this time as a "dance" track recorded by the Dutch artist "DJ Sammy".