"Tell Me There's a Heaven" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1990 as the third single from his tenth studio album The Road to Hell (1989).

[4] Rea was inspired to write "Tell Me There's a Heaven" after his daughter Josie saw footage of a riot in South Africa on the news, which showed "this horrible thing of throwing lighted tyres over people" (necklacing) and "one guy burning to death".

'"[5] In 1992, the song was used as the soundtrack to a PIF for the NSPCC, juxtaposed with excuses made by child abusers and descriptions of injuries from coroner reports.

"[6] Eleanor Levy of Record Mirror wrote, "A simple piano backing erupts into a full blown orchestral arrangement as Rea uses a four minute pop song to try to come to terms with the serious subject of child abuse."

[8] Deborah Hornblow of the Hartford Courant described the song as a "good track" which "begs questions a child would ask on seeing the world's unkindness".