Heavenly Bodies Explained

Heavenly Bodies
Type:single
Artist:Earl Thomas Conley
Album:Somewhere Between Right and Wrong
B-Side:The Highway Home
Released:May 31, 1982
Genre:Country
Length:3:08
Label:RCA
Producer:Nelson Larkin, Earl Thomas Conley
Prev Title:After the Love Slips Away
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Somewhere Between Right and Wrong
Next Year:1982

"Heavenly Bodies" is a song written by Elaine Lifton, Gloria Nissenson and Lee Ritenour, and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in May 1982 as the first single from the album Somewhere Between Right and Wrong. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]

Critical reception

Kip Kirby of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the tune "lives up to his own imagery" even though he didn't write it. He goes on to say that the "clean, easy-tempo arrangement leaves proper space for hearing the singer's thoughtful comparison of a woman to astral attractions."[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 88.
  2. Billboard, May 29, 1982