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"Designing Heaven"
Single by Heaven 17
from the album Bigger Than America
Released1996
GenreSynthpop
Length4:12
LabelWEA, Eye Of The Storm
Songwriter(s)Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware
Producer(s)British Electric Foundation
Heaven 17 singles chronology
"Penthouse and Pavement (Tommy D Remix)"
(1993) 		"Designing Heaven"
(1996) 		"We Blame Love"
(1997)

"Designing Heaven" is a song by the British new wave and synth-pop band Heaven 17, which was released in 1996 as the lead single from their sixth studio album Bigger Than America.[1] It was written by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware, and produced by Marsh and Ware under their production company British Electric Foundation. The song peaked at No. 128 in the UK.[2] It was the band's first single of new material since 1988. A music video was filmed to promote the single.[3]

The DJ Dance Chart compiled exclusively for DJ Mag from a sample of over 500 British DJ returns ranked this single at No. 92.[3]

Critical reception[edit]

Paul Fucito of AllMusic wrote: "The single "Designing Heaven" is as contemporary as anything Erasure, the Pet Shop Boys, or The Human League have done recently."[4] David Richards of the American magazine The Lexicon wrote: "Try to get by the first single, "Designing Heaven". Maybe one day it will be considered a classic like "Let Me Go" or "Penthouse and Pavement", but it's doubtful. The song lacks energy or a good melody, seemingly constructed without a real master plan. There is also a German CD single for "Designing Heaven" with mixes by Motiv8 and Georgio Moroder. None of the remixes set the song on fire, but seem serviceable enough for clubs."[3]

Formats[edit]

12" single
  1. "Designing Heaven (Starck Mix)" - 8:33
  2. "Designing Heaven (Le Courbosier Mix)" - 4:43
  3. "Designing Heaven (Rodgers Mix)" - 7:00
  4. "Designing Heaven (Mies Van Der Rohe Mix)" - 5:43
12" single (promo)
  1. "Designing Heaven (Hysterix Pure Pumpin' Mix)" - 6:55
  2. "Designing Heaven (Moroder's Subterranean Mix)" - 5:45
2x 12" single (German promo)
  1. "Designing Heaven (Motiv-8's Vocal 12")" - 7:05
  2. "Designing Heaven (Gregorio's 12" [Varispeed 130BPM])" - 6:07
  3. "Designing Heaven (Moroder's Extended Mix)" - 6:45
  4. "Designing Heaven (Motiv-8's Vocal Dub)" - 4:42
  5. "Designing Heaven (Gregorio's 12")" - 6:23
  6. "Designing Heaven (Moroder's Subterranean Mix)" - 5:45
  7. "Designing Heaven (Trans European Heaven Mix)" - 4:50
  8. "Designing Heaven (Motiv-8 Extended Instrumental)" - 7:25
  9. "Designing Heaven (Motiv-8's Radio Edit)" - 3:54
CD single #1
  1. "Designing Heaven (Radio Mix)" - 4:12
  2. "Designing Heaven (Lloyd-Wright Mix - Motiv 8's Radio Mix)" - 4:10
  3. "Designing Heaven (Le Corbusier Mix - Motiv 8's Dub 12)" - 4:42
  4. "Designing Heaven (Trans European Heaven)" - 4:52
  5. "Designing Heaven (Den Hemmel Designen)" - 4:27
CD single #2
  1. "Designing Heaven (Meis Van Der Rohe Mix - Giorgio Moroder's Subterranean 12")" - 5:43
  2. "Designing Heaven (Stark Mix - Gregorio's 12")" - 8:33
  3. "Designing Heaven (Venturi Mix - Giorgio Moroder's Vocal 12")" - 6:46
  4. "Designing Heaven (Rodgers Mix - James Reynold's Vocal 12")" - 7:00
CD single (UK promo)
  1. "Designing Heaven (Radio Edit)" - 4:10
CD single (Germany promo)
  1. "Designing Heaven (Pump Up Mix Edit)"

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1996) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[2] 128

Personnel[edit]

Heaven 17
Additional personnel

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Heaven 17 - Bigger Than America at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Chart Log UK: H & Claire- Hysterix". Zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Heaven 17 - The most complete homepage". Heaven17.de. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  4. ^ Fucito, Paul. "Bigger Than America - Heaven 17 : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
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