B-side "All That's Mine" Length 4:03 | Genre Synthrock
soft rock | |
Released 31 January 2013 (2013-01-31) Format CD single
CD maxi single
12" single
digital download Recorded 2012; Sound Design (Santa Barbara, California); Jungle City Studio (New York City, New York) | ||
"Heaven" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released as the lead single from their thirteenth studio album, Delta Machine (2013). Written by Martin L. Gore and produced by Ben Hillier, the song was world-premiered on KROQ's morning show Kevin and Bean on 30 January 2013. The single was released digitally in most territories on 31 January 2013, and physically on 1 February. In the United Kingdom, "Heaven" was released digitally on 17 March 2013 and physically the following day. The B-side "All That's Mine" was written by Dave Gahan and Kurt Uenala. An accompanying music video for "Heaven" was directed by Timothy Saccenti and premiered on VEVO on 1 February 2013.
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In June 2013, the single was certified gold by the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI), denoting downloads exceeding 15,000 units in Italy. In the UK, by contrast, the single reached #60, the first initial single from a Depeche Mode album to fail to reach the UK Top 40.
Music video
The music video for "Heaven" was directed by Timothy Saccenti and filmed in November 2012 at The Marigny Opera House, a former Catholic church in New Orleans's Faubourg Marigny. Previously, Saccenti had directed the "In-Studio Collage 2012" video for "Angel" that premiered at the band's press conference in Paris on 23 October 2012. The video's look was inspired by Terence Malick's 2011 film The Tree of Life, with its beautiful yet twisted, dark imagery. "Mainly it's a performance video, which we haven't done in a long time", Gahan stated. The video debuted on VEVO on 1 February 2013.
- "Heaven" (Album Version) – 4:03
- "All That's Mine" (Deluxe Album Version) – 3:23
- "Heaven" (Album Version) – 4:03
- "Heaven" (Owlle Remix) – 4:48
- "Heaven" (Steps to Heaven Rmx) – 6:07
- "Heaven" (Blawan Remix) – 5:43
- "Heaven" (Matthew Dear vs. Audion Vocal Mix) – 5:59
This is the first Depeche Mode single since The Meaning Of Love (Little 15 was a exception, a single released in UK as import), that the label of the singles doesn't have the BONG and the number, the first single to have this was Leave In Silence (BONG1), and the last single was the Personal Jesus 2011 (BONG43).
Personnel
Credits adapted from CD single liner notes.