| Heaven's on Fire | |
| Cover: | Heaven's on Fire single.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Kiss |
| Album: | Animalize |
| B-Side: | Lonely Is the Hunter |
| Released: | September 15, 1984 (U.S.) |
| Recorded: | Right Track Studios, New York City: 1984 |
| Genre: | Glam metal[1] |
| Length: | 3:18 |
| Label: | Mercury 880 205-7 (US) |
| Producer: | Paul Stanley |
| Prev Title: | All Hell's Breakin' Loose/Young and Wasted |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Thrills in the Night/Burn Bitch Burn |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
"Heaven's on Fire" is a song by the American rock band Kiss. Written by vocalist/guitarist Paul Stanley and songwriter Desmond Child, it was the first single released from the group's 1984 album Animalize.[2]
The opening "Woo-oo-oo" was a vocal warm-up by Stanley that was accidentally recorded but was later added to the song.
Released as a single internationally in 1984, "Heaven's on Fire" charted in several countries, even though it failed to reach the top ten in any of the countries where it was released as a single.[3] It did reach #11 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and #49 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] In addition, the song is one of only a select few from the bands' non-makeup era that has been performed live after the band returned to wearing makeup.
A video for the single was filmed and played on MTV, and was directed by David Lewis and produced by John Weaver.[5] It marked the only official promotional performance of the band with lead guitarist Mark St. John before he left the group due to problems in his hands caused by a painful, but temporary, form of arthritis called Reactive arthritis.
St. John would be replaced shortly afterwards by Bruce Kulick.
A live version of the song was recorded at Cobo Hall on December 8, 1984, as part of the Kiss: Animalize Live Uncensored video, and was later released on the Hear 'n Aid album.
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