Heaven in Your Eyes

"Heaven in Your Eyes" is a song recorded by Canadian rock band Loverboy for the soundtrack to the film Top Gun. It later appeared on Loverboy's 1989 hits compilation Big Ones. The power ballad[1] reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S.

"Heaven in Your Eyes"
Single by Loverboy
from the album Top Gun
B-side"Friday Night"
ReleasedAugust 2, 1986
GenreRock, soft rock
Length4:03 (7")
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Paul Dean, John Dexter, Mae Moore, Mike Reno
Loverboy singles chronology
"Lead a Double Life"
(1986)		 "Heaven in Your Eyes"
(1986)		 "Notorious"
(1987)

The song was originally written by Mae Moore and John Dexter, both Vancouver-area musicians.[2] As recorded, it is credited to Moore, Dexter and Paul Dean & Mike Reno from Loverboy.

Cash Box called it a "powerful, emotional rock ballad."[3] Billboard called it a "routine power ballad."[4]

Noteworthy is the fact that Loverboy keyboardist Doug Johnson does not appear in the song's music video. His absence was intentional, as he felt that the Top Gun film over-glamorized war and military service.[5]

Charts
Chart (1986) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 12
Canada The Record Singles[7]
30
Canada RPM Top Singles
24

References
  1. "24 of the Biggest and Best Movie Power Ballads".
  2. "Mae Moore biography". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  3. "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. August 2, 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  4. "Reviews". Billboard. August 2, 1986. p. 65. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  5. "Revisiting the Top Gun Soundtrack". 22 September 2015.
  6. "Loverboy Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  7. Lwin, Nanda (2000). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Mississauga, Ontario: Music Data Canada. ISBN 1-896594-13-1.
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