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Heaven (Must Be There)

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"Heaven (Must Be There)"
Single by Eurogliders
from the album This Island
B-side"Heliograph"
ReleasedMay 1984
Recorded1983
Length3:43
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)Grace Knight, Bernie Lynch
Producer(s)Nigel Gray, Bernie Lynch
Eurogliders singles chronology
"Another Day in the Big World"
(1983)
"Heaven (Must Be There)"
(1984)
"Maybe Only I Dream"
(1984)

"Heaven (Must Be There)" (sometimes shortened to just "Heaven") is a song by the Australian pop and New Wave band Eurogliders from their album This Island.[1] The song was released on 7" and 12" vinyl in May 1984.

The single brought the band to fame, especially in Australia, where it peaked at No. 2 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart and became one of the Top 20 biggest-selling singles of 1984.[2]

At the 1984 Countdown Music Awards the song won Best Australian Single.[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Heaven (Must Be There)
  2. "Heliograph"
  3. "No Action" (Dance Mix) (12" only)

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1984–85) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 2
New Zealand Singles Chart[4] 6
Canada (RPM Singles Chart)[5] 47
US Billboard Hot 100[6][7] 65

Year-end charts

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Chart (1984) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report[8])[9] 15

References

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  1. ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; Francois, Ron; Meharry, Don. "Eurogliders". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgrem). Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  4. ^ Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  5. ^ Library and Archives Canada. "Top Singles - Volume 41, No. 17, January 05 1985". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Artist Single Chart History: Eurogliders". Billboard. Neilson Business Media. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Eurogliders > Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 23 January 2023 – via Imgur.com.
  9. ^ BigKev. "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1984". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 March 2017.