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Heaven (Namie Amuro song)

"Heaven"
Promotional single by Namie Amuro
from the album Feel
Released July 10, 2013
Format Digital download
Recorded 2012
Genre House
Length 3:31
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Zedd
Feel track listing
"Hands on Me"
(5)
"Heaven"
(6)
"Poison"
(7)

"Heaven" is a song by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro from her eleventh studio album and second bilingual album Feel (2013). The song was released as the album's lead promotional single on July 10, 2013, the same release date as Feel. "Heaven" was written by Emyli and produced by German-Russian DJ Zedd. Composed by Zedd, Emyli and Tommy Clint, "Heaven" is a house song.

The song received positive reviews from music critics, who commended the song's composition and production while song criticized Amuro's English pronunciation and felt it was a weaker track on the album. "Heaven" reached number twenty-six on the Japan Hot 100, alongside the two other promotional singles "Hands on Me" and "La La La". A music video was shot for the single by Nino, featuring Amuro dancing inside a futuristic club. "Heaven" was included on two of Amuro's concert tours, the Namie Amuro Feel 2013 Tour and Namie Amuro Live Style 2014.

"Heaven" was written by Emyli, produced by German-Russian DJ Zedd and composed by Zedd, Emyli and Tommy Clint. After the breakthrough of Zedd's success with his singles "Clarity", Amuro's label Dimension Point and Avex Trax contacted him to produce a song for Amuro's album Feel which he accepted. This was Amuro's first collaboration with Zedd, and they would later collaborate again on her 2015 studio album Genic despite none of his songs making the final cut. Emyli started collaborating with Amuro since her 2012 album Uncontrolled and sung background vocals for "Heaven".

"Heaven" was recorded at Avex Studio in Tokyo, Japan where Zedd had attended for the recording. Musically, "Heaven" is a house song with influences of rave and eurodance and incorporates rap segments through the verses. Random J from his own online blog commented that Amuro's rapping through "Heaven" and another album track "Supernatural Love" were "almost fluent", noting that she could not pronounce "heaven" properly. Patrick St. Michel from The Japan Times commented that "nearly every track indulges in electronic trends, sometimes besting the American competition." A reviewer from Arcadey.net compared the composition to "Where Have You Been" by American-Barbados singer Rihanna and "Skirt" by Australian singer Kylie Minogue.


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