(Feels Like) Heaven
| "(Feels Like) Heaven" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Fiction Factory | ||||
| from the album Throw the Warped Wheel Out | ||||
| B-side |
"Everyone But You" "This Is" | |||
| Released | 31 December 1983 | |||
| Format | ||||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Writer(s) | Eddie Jordan & Kevin Patterson | |||
| Producer(s) | Fiction Factory | |||
| Fiction Factory singles chronology | ||||
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"(Feels Like) Heaven" is a song by the Scottish music group Fiction Factory. It was released as a single at the end of 1983 and appears on their debut album Throw the Warped Wheel Out. The track was a hit in Switzerland, reaching #2 on the Swiss singles chart. In the UK, it peaked at #6. Other chart positions include #14 in Sweden and #20 in Austria. The song is a regular feature on 1980s and new wave compilations.
Fiction Factory had no other notable successes beyond "(Feels Like) Heaven", which rendered the band as a one-hit wonder.[1]
Track listing
- 7"
- "(Feels Like) Heaven"
- "Everyone But You"
- 12"
- "(Feels Like) Heaven"
- "Everyone But You"
- "This Is"
Chart performance
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
Total weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Austrian Singles Chart[2] | 20 | 2 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[3] | 16 | 7 |
| German Singles Chart[4] | 10 | 15 |
| Irish Singles Chart[5] | 4 | 5 |
| Italian Singles Chart[6] | 33 | ? |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[7] | 24 | 8 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[8] | 14 | 4 |
| Swiss Singles Charts[9] | 2 | 13 |
| UK Singles Chart[10] | 6 | 9 |
Cover versions and media appearances
- The song was recorded by dance act Dario G in 2003, reaching number 38 in the UK Singles Chart.
- In 2008, the song was covered by Sylwania, a German dance project from the label Beatbox-Recordz.
- In 2008, the song was covered and released as a bonus track on the album Werk 80 II by the German gothic metal band Atrocity.
- In February 2012, the song was covered by Matt Consola featuring Ben Holder & LFB on Swishcraft Records.[11] This release includes remixes by Joel Dickinson, Sean Mac, Christian Poow, SpekrFreks, Chubby Fingers and Swishcraft (aka Matt Consola & LFB).
- Slow Moving Millie covered the song on her 2011 album Renditions.
- In April 2008, The Hershey Company used the song in a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercial.
- In 2016, the song was performed live by Manic Street Preachers during their Everything Must Go 20th anniversary tour. A studio recording was included on the compilation album BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 80s, Vol. 2.
References
- ↑ Welsh, Andrew (26 July 2011). "Fiction Factory dreaming of heaven at Rewind Festival reunion". Daily Record. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ musicline.de / PhonoNet GmbH. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ Jaclyn Ward. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: F". Hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ "Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven". Chart Stats. 1984-01-14. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ↑ Sanger, David E. "Feels Like Heaven", Beatport, February 21, 2012, accessed February 23, 2012. Archived 2012-02-25.
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