| The Heater | |
| Cover: | The_Mutton_Birds_-_"The_Heater"_single_cover_art.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Mutton Birds |
| Album: | Salty |
| Released: | 1994 |
| Recorded: | Shortland Street Studios and Revolver Studios, Auckland |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 4:15 |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | The Mutton Birds |
| Prev Title: | Your Window |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | In My Room |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
"The Heater" was the first single from Salty, the second album by the New Zealand band, The Mutton Birds. Released early in 1994, it reached number one in the New Zealand music charts, their only number 1.[1]
Its music video starred Elizabeth McRae, well known at the time for playing Marjorie Brasch in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.
The song is mentioned in the Christopher Brookmyre novel Be My Enemy.