"Designing Heaven" | ||||
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Single by Heaven 17 | ||||
from the album Bigger Than America | ||||
Released | 1996 | |||
Genre | Synthpop | |||
Length | 4:12 | |||
Label | WEA, Eye Of The Storm | |||
Songwriter(s) | Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware | |||
Producer(s) | British Electric Foundation | |||
Heaven 17 singles chronology | ||||
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"Designing Heaven" is a song by the British new wave and synth-pop band Heaven 17, which was released in 1996 as the lead single from their sixth studio album Bigger Than America.[1] It was written by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware, and produced by Marsh and Ware under their production company British Electric Foundation. The song peaked at No. 128 in the UK.[2] It was the band's first single of new material since 1988. A music video was filmed to promote the single.[3]
The DJ Dance Chart compiled exclusively for DJ Mag from a sample of over 500 British DJ returns ranked this single at No. 92.[3]
Paul Fucito of AllMusic wrote: "The single "Designing Heaven" is as contemporary as anything Erasure, the Pet Shop Boys, or The Human League have done recently."[4] David Richards of the American magazine The Lexicon wrote: "Try to get by the first single, "Designing Heaven". Maybe one day it will be considered a classic like "Let Me Go" or "Penthouse and Pavement", but it's doubtful. The song lacks energy or a good melody, seemingly constructed without a real master plan. There is also a German CD single for "Designing Heaven" with mixes by Motiv8 and Georgio Moroder. None of the remixes set the song on fire, but seem serviceable enough for clubs."[3]
Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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UK Singles Chart[2] | 128 |