Heaven (Talking Heads song)

"Heaven" is a song by the American new wave band Talking Heads, released on their 1979 album Fear of Music.

The lyrics refer to heaven as a "place where nothing ever happens", where a party and a kiss repeat exactly the same way endlessly (though David Byrne has claimed the song was inspired by a UK bar of the same name).

[citation needed] The song has been called "the calm after [the band's] unusual ominous storm" by Bill Janovitz of AllMusic,[2] as well as something "psychologists would certainly have a field day with" by author and The Guardian journalist Ian Gittins.

[10][11] A German-language cover of the song, "Der Weg in die Ferne", was recorded by Joachim Witt for his 1980 album Silberblick.

[citation needed] In 1986, Thomas Di Leva made a Swedish-language adaptation of the song, named "Himlen".