B-side "Cut Across Shorty" Genre Pop | Format 7" (45 rpm) Length 2:21 | |
Released March 1960 (USA)
May 1960 (UK) Recorded January 8, 1960, Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, California | ||
"Three Steps to Heaven" is a song co-written and recorded by Eddie Cochran, released in 1960. The record became a posthumous UK number-one hit for Cochran following his death in a car accident in April 1960. In the US it did not reach the Billboard Hot 100.
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"Three Steps To Heaven" was recorded in January 1960 and featured Buddy Holly's Crickets on instruments. The song was written by Eddie Cochran and his brother Bob Cochran.
David Bowie used the guitar chord riff in his 1971 song "Queen Bitch" on his album Hunky Dory. He later made reference to the song title in the lyrics of "It's No Game" on 1979's Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps).
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Cover versions
Showaddywaddy's 1975 cover version of this song was also a hit, reaching No. 1 in Ireland and No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart.