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Single by Lenny Kravitz
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B-side * "Spinning Around Over You"
  • "B Side Blues"
Released August 16, 1993 (1993-08-16)[1]
Genre Soul
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Label Virgin America
Songwriter(s) * Gerry DeVeaux
  • Terry Britten
Producer(s) Lenny Kravitz
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"Heaven Help" is a song by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released in August 1993, as the third single from his third studio album, Are You Gonna Go My Way (1993).[2] The song made a brief appearance on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 92. In the United Kingdom, it became his second top-twenty hit from Are You Gonna Go My Way, peaking at number 20, and in Canada and New Zealand, the song reached the top 30. It was later included on Kravitz' compilation album Greatest Hits.

Critical reception[]

Speed and Martinucci from the Gavin Report noted that accompanied simply by a piano and guitar, "Kravitz comes with a soulful love song that's reminiscent early '70s soul ballads recorded with real instruments."[3] The magazine's Dave Sholin concluded, "This release should help win him even more fans."[4] Adam Sweeting from The Guardian felt Kravitz is "squeezing a mellow soulful feel" out of the song.[5] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton commented, "Third hit in a row for the superstar finds him this time wearing his Isley Brothers influences on his sleeve."[6] Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "A gentle and intimate delight, sweet and understated, with hints of Curtis Mayfield. Given plenty of airplay, there's no reason why it shouldn't make the Top 20."[7]

Music video[]

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Per Gustafsson.[8]Template:Better source needed

Track listings[]

  • US maxi-CD single[9]
  1. "Heaven Help" – 3:10
  2. "Spinning Around Over You" – 3:35
  3. "B Side Blues" – 3:32
  4. "Are You Gonna Go My Way – 3:30
  5. "Freedom Time" / "Always on the Run" (live) – 9:42
  • US cassette single[10]
  1. "Heaven Help" – 3:10
  2. "Spinning Around Over You" – 3:34
  1. "Heaven Help"
  2. "Eleutheria"
  3. "Sister" (live)
  4. "Heaven Help" (acoustic version)
  • UK CD2 and 12-inch single, Australasian CD single[12][13]
  1. "Heaven Help" – 3:09
  2. "Eleutheria" – 4:48
  3. "Ascension" – 3:45
  4. "Brother" – 4:16
  • UK 7-inch and cassette single, European CD single[14][15][16]
  1. "Heaven Help" – 3:10
  2. "Eleutheria" – 4:48
  • European maxi-CD single[17]
  1. "Heaven Help"
  2. "Ascension"
  3. "Brother"
  4. "Sister" (live)
  5. "Heaven Help" (acoustic version)
  • Japanese mini-album[18]
  1. "Heaven Help"
  2. "Brother"
  3. "Ascension"
  4. "I Build This Garden for Us"
  5. "Fields of Joy"
  6. "Stand by My Woman"
  7. "Sister" (live)
  8. "Heaven Help" (acoustic version)

Charts[]

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[19] 76
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[20] 25
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[21] 59
France (SNEP)[22] 41
Germany (Official German Charts)[23] 98
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[24] 7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[25] 10
Netherlands (Single Top 100 Tipparade)[26] 5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[27] 21
UK Singles (OCC)[28] 20
US Billboard Hot 100[29] 92

References[]

  1. ↑ "Single Releases". Music Week: 23. August 14, 1993. https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-08-14.pdf. Retrieved June 22, 2021. 
  2. ↑ Graff, Gary (October 4, 2013). "Lenny Kravitz Wraps 'Raw' New Album, Talks 'Are You Gonna...' Reissue and 'Hunger Games'". Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5748055/lenny-kravitz-wraps-raw-new-album-talks-are-you-gonna-reissue-and-hunger-games. Retrieved November 2, 2015. 
  3. ↑ Speed, Bill; Martinucci, John (January 14, 1994). "Gavin Urban — New Releases". Gavin Report. https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Gavin-Report/90/94/Gavin-1994-01-14.pdf. Retrieved March 10, 2022. 
  4. ↑ Sholin, Dave (January 14, 1994). "Gavin Picks — Singles". Gavin Report. https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Gavin-Report/90/94/Gavin-1994-01-14.pdf. Retrieved March 10, 2022. 
  5. ↑ Sweeting, Adam (February 26, 1993). "Music: The Many Selves Of Solo Frank". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ Masterton, James (August 22, 1993). "Week Ending August 28th 1993". https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1993/week-ending-august-28th-1993. Retrieved September 12, 2021. 
  7. ↑ Jones, Alan (August 21, 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream – Singles". Music Week: 14. https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-08-21.pdf. Retrieved March 30, 2021. 
  8. ↑ "Lenny Kravitz: Heaven Help". IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9439704/. 
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  19. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 158. 
  20. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2347." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  21. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media 10 (40): 13. October 2, 1993. https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-10-02.pdf. Retrieved July 15, 2020. 
  22. ↑ "Script error: No such module "WLink".&titel=Script error: No such module "WLink".&cat=s Lenny Kravitz – Heaven Help" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Lenny Kravitz – Heaven Help" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (9.–15. sept.)" (in is). Dagblaðið Vísir: p. 20. September 9, 1993. https://timarit.is/page/2616925#page/n1/mode/2up. 
  25. ↑ "Lenny Kravitz – Heaven Help" (in nl). Dutch Top 40. https://www.top40.nl/lenny-kravitz/lenny-kravitz-heaven-help-15010. Retrieved July 18, 2021. 
  26. ↑ "Lenny Kravitz – Heaven Help" (in nl). MegaCharts. https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Lenny+Kravitz&titel=Heaven+Help&cat=s. 
  27. ↑ "Script error: No such module "WLink".&titel=Script error: No such module "WLink".&cat=s Lenny Kravitz – Heaven Help". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  28. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  29. ↑ Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/HSI "Lenny Kravitz Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
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Lenny Kravitz singles
Let Love Rule
Mama Said
Are You Gonna Go My Way
  • "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (1993)
  • "Believe" (1993)
  • "Heaven Help" (1993)
  • "Is There Any Love in Your Heart" (1993)
  • "Heaven Help" / "Spinning Around Over You" (1994)
    • Circus
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  • "If You Can't Say No" (1998)
  • "I Belong to You" (1998)
  • "Fly Away" (1998)
  • "American Woman" (1999)
  • "Black Velveteen" (1999)
    • Greatest Hits
  • "Again" (2000)
    • Lenny
  • "Dig In" (2001)
  • "Stillness of Heart" (2002)
  • "Believe in Me" (2002)
  • "If I Could Fall in Love" (2002)
    • Baptism
  • "Where Are We Runnin'?" (2004)
  • "California" (2004)
  • "Lady" (2004)
  • "Calling All Angels" (2004)
    • It Is Time for a Love Revolution
  • "I'll Be Waiting" (2008)
  • "Love Love Love" (2008)
    • Black and White America
  • "Stand" (2011)
  • "Rock Star City Life" (2011)
  • "Black and White America" (2011)
  • "Push" (2011)
    • Strut
  • "The Chamber" (2014)
  • "Sex" (2014)
  • "New York City" (2014)
  • "The Pleasure and the Pain" (2015)
    • Raise Vibration
  • "Low" (2018)
  • "Johnny Cash" (2019)
  • "Here to Love" (2019)
    • Soundtracks
  • "American Woman" (1999)
    • Other singles
  • "The Buddha of Suburbia" (vs. David Bowie) (1993)
  • "Deuce" (featuring Stevie Wonder) (1994)
  • "Show Me Your Soul" (2003)
  • "Storm" (2004)
  • "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" (featuring Michael Jackson) (2010)
  • "Superlove" (vs. Avicii) (2012)
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