Heaven (track)
by Talking Heads
Heaven appears on the following album(s) by Talking Heads:
- Fear Of Music (track #8) (this album) (1979)
- Popular Favorites 1976-1992 - Sand In The Vaseline (track #11) (compilation) (1992)
- The Best Of Talking Heads (track #7) (compilation) (2004)
- Brick Box Set (track #30) (compilation) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/23/2026 21:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,365 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2026 01:56 |  Brandon8 | 4,716 | 88/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 22:03 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/03/2026 20:06 | Robert_fripp | 899 | 86/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2025 19:06 | andyd1010 | 1,860 | 80/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.3/100, a mean average of 87.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.8.
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Reminds me of Heroes by Bowie.
A very underrated song by the group, although I personally prefer the version on Stop Making Sense to the studio recording
Mother Nature's Son 09/28/2013 20:41 | #87104
Very underrated Talking Heads song. Surprisingly emotional and beautiful for this album, but still fitting its style.
Shadow23 03/04/2013 16:04 | #66998
One of the finest songs of the 70s. Of all time.
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