Heaven's Not for Saints
| "Heaven's Not for Saints (Let It Go)" | ||||
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| Single by Morten Harket | ||||
| Released | 27 May 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:28 | |||
| Label | BMG Arista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Morten Harket, Håvard Rem and Ole Sverre Olsen | |||
| Producer(s) | Steve Lovell | |||
| Morten Harket singles chronology | ||||
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"Heaven's Not for Saints (Let It Go)" is a song by Morten Harket, released as a non-album single in 1996.
The single was released in the UK and Norway only and was Harket's first release on the record label BMG Arista.[1] It reached number 9 on the Norwegian charts.[2]
It was performed as the opening act for Eurovision 1996, which Harket hosted with Ingvild Bryn.[3]
Critical reception
[edit]Upon its release in the UK, Daniel Booth of Melody Maker called it "OK, in a melancholy Scandinavian version of sub-U2 navel-gazing kind of way".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ https://archive.today/20120729032049/http://www.darsu.btinternet.co.uk/discography/mharket/hnfs.htm[dead link]
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com: Morten Harket". Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Eurovision 1996 Opening
- ^ Booth, Daniel (25 May 1996). "Singles". Melody Maker. p. 54. ISSN 0025-9012.
