WARRANT - HEAVEN

HEAVEN

WARRANT

SONGWRITERS: E. TURNER; J. LANE; DIXON; J. CAGLE; S. CHAMBERLAIN & J

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: DIRTY ROTTEN FILTHY STINKING RICH

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: GLAM METAL

YEAR: 1989

 

         Warrant is an American glam metal band formed in 1984 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, that experienced success from 1988 to 1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. The band first came into the national spotlight with their double platinum debut álbum Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich and one of its singles, "Heaven", which reached Nº 1 in Rolling Stone and Nº 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The band's success continued in the early 1990s with the double platinum album Cherry Pie, which provided the hit song of the same name.

       Following the critically acclaimed gold álbum Dog Eat Dog the band started to experience frequent changes to the line-up and despite the drop in popularity with the arrival of grunge, they released Ultraphobic in 1995 and a successful greatest hits album in 1996. The band also changed their musical direction with the release of the grunge-influenced Belly to Belly in 1996, but returned to their roots very quickly by the end of the decade. The band experienced highs and lows in the 2000s with successful tours, a new covers álbum Under the Influence, lead singer Jani Lane leaving, a new album called Born Again with Black 'n Blue singer Jaime St. James and a brief reunion of the original line up. Into the new decade, Jani Lane died of alcohol poisoning. After over 30 years, the band is still recording music and performing, now with ex-Lynch Mob lead vocalist Robert Mason.

       Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Warrant, released in 1989.

         The album was highly successful, spawning the hit singles "Heaven" (Nº 2, 1989), "Down Boys" (Nº 27, 1989) and "Sometimes She Cries" (Nº 20, 1990). The album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200.

         The unique cover art features "Fugazi", known as "Cashly Guido Bucksley" in the "Big Talk" music video, an overpaid, amoral infrastructure manager and archetypal business psychopath.

          The first four words of the album's title ("Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinkin'...!") were mentioned in the intro to the title track of their 1990 follow-up album Cherry Pie.

I've got a picture of your house

And you're standing by the door.

It's black and white and faded,

And it's looking pretty worn.

See the factory that I worked

Silhouetted in the back.

The memories are gray but man they're really coming back.

 

I don't need to be the king of the world

As long as i'm the hero of this little girl

 

Heaven isn't too far away

Closer to it everyday

No matter what your friends might say

 

How I love the way you move

And the sparkle in your eyes

There's a color deep inside them

Like blue suburban skys

When i come home late at night

And you're in bed asleep

I wrap my arms around you

So I can feel you breathe

 

I dont need to be a superman

As long as you will always be my biggest fan

 

Heaven isn't too far away

Closer to it everyday (Ah, ah)

No matter what your friends might say

We'll find our way, yeah

 

Now the lights are going out,

Along the boulevard

Memories come rushing back and makes it pretty hard

I've got nowhere left to go

And no one really cares

I don't know what to do

But I'm never giving up on you.

 

Heaven isn't too far away

Closer to it every day

Ohhhh ohhh

No matter what your friends say

I know we're gonna find a way

Heaven

 

Whoah, oohh, ohhh

Whoah, oohh, ohhh

Heaven

 

It's not too far away

It's not too far away

It's not too far away

It's not too far away

It's not too far away.