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Originally Posted by troutman
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Other way around.
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In 1983 Bryan and I were asked to write a song for the film "A Night In Heaven", starring Lesley Ann Warren and Christopher Atkins. Unfortunately it was a dreadful film that flopped at the box office. The soundtrack album, which included our song "Heaven", suffered a similar fate.
Very few people saw the movie, and even fewer purchased the soundtrack album, so for all intents and purposes "Heaven" was still a "new" song.
Regardless, Bryan didn't think it was suitable for "Reckless", the album he was then recording. His decision may have been partly influenced by producer Jimmy Iovine, who Bryan was using as a "sounding board" at the time. Iovine thought the song was "light', and he recommended that Bryan not include it on the "Reckless" album.
I'm not sure who changed Bryan's mind, but at the very last moment he decided to add "Heaven" to the track-list. It emerged as the album's flagship single, eventually reaching the top of the U.S. and Canadian charts in the summer of 1985 (as did the album).
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http://www.jimvallance.com/01-music-...ms-heaven.html
(Jim Vallance has a very interesting website. Interesting to get a look "behind the scenes" at a lot of songs.
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