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"Heaven Sent"
"Heaven Sent"
Single by INXS
from the album Welcome to Wherever You Are
B-side	"It Ain't Easy"; "11th Revolution"; "Deepest Red";
Released	22 June 1992
Length	3:18
Label	EastWest
Songwriter(s)	Andrew Farriss
Producer(s)	Mark Opitz
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"Heaven Sent" is the first single from Australian rock band INXS's eighth studio album, Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992). It was released only in Europe, Japan, and Australia. The song was written by Andrew Farriss who explained on the liner notes of the 2002 remaster: "Originally I wrote the song as a ³
₄ ballad. The band heard it and rocked it up to make it the recording it became. The vocal effect helped give the track some extra attitude."^[2]

B-sides

The b-sides included two solo compositions from Andrew Farriss; "It Ain't Easy", and Tim Farriss; "11th Revolution" as well as, "Deepest Red", a full band outtake from the X album written by Michael Hutchence and Jon Farriss. The 12" picture disc (UK) and also the Australian CD5 single included a demo version of "Heaven Sent (Gliding version)" instead of "Deepest Red".

Reception

Q noted the, "slashing guitar tone. A more conventional INXS song apart from the snarling "megaphone" vocal, redolent of Stooges-era Iggy Pop. But where the old INXS were all weighed down with big-funk pretensions, this has an air of pure unselfconscious glee. It rocks."^[3]

Track listings

Australian CD single^[4]

"Heaven Sent"
"It Ain't Easy"
"11th Revolution"
"Deepest Red"
"Heaven Sent" (Gliding version)

Australian cassette single and UK CD single^[5]^[6]

"Heaven Sent"
"It Ain't Easy"
"11th Revolution"
"Deepest Red"

UK 7-inch and cassette single; Japanese mini-CD single^[7]^[8]^[9]

"Heaven Sent"
"It Ain't Easy"

UK 12-inch picture-disc single^[10]

A1. "Heaven Sent"

A2. "It Ain't Easy"

B1. "11th Revolution"

B2. "Heaven Sent" (Gliding version)

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[1]	13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[11]	24
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[12]	39
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[13]	46
Germany (GfK)^[14]	47
Greece (IFPI)^[15]	9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[16]	35
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[17]	32
Portugal (AFP)^[18]	10
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[19]	35
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[20]	23
UK Singles (OCC)^[21]	31
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[22]	2
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[23]	4

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Australia	22 June 1992	CD	EastWest	^[1]
United Kingdom	6 July 1992	7-inch vinyl cassette	Mercury	^[24]
Japan	25 August 1992	Mini-CD	EastWest	^[25]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "INXS – Heaven Sent". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "Archived copy". inxs.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ David Sinclair. "INXS: Welcome To Wherever You Are". Rock's Backpages.(Subscription required.)
^ Heaven Sent (Australian CD single liner notes). INXS. EastWest Records. 1992. 450990115-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Heaven Sent (Australian cassette single sleeve). INXS. EastWest Records. 1992. 450990115-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Heaven Sent (UK CD single liner notes). INXS. Mercury Records. 1992. INXCD 19, 866 953-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Heaven Sent (UK 7-inch single sleeve). INXS. Mercury Records. 1992. INXS 19, 866 953-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Heaven Sent (UK cassette single sleeve). INXS. Mercury Records. 1992. INXMC 19.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Heaven Sent (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). INXS. EastWest Records. 1992. WMD5-4108.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Heaven Sent (UK 12-inch single sleeve). INXS. Mercury Records. 1992. INXSP 19.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "INXS – Heaven Sent" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1973." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 33. 15 August 1992. p. 17. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "INXS – Heaven Sent" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 40. 3 October 1992. p. 26. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 34, 1992" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "INXS – Heaven Sent" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 33. 15 August 1992. p. 16. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "INXS – Heaven Sent". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "INXS – Heaven Sent". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "INXS Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "INXS Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 4 July 1992. p. 21.
^ "ヘブン・セント | INXS" [Heaven Sent | INXS] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

[aus-1] "INXS – Heaven Sent". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[2] "Archived copy". inxs.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] David Sinclair. "INXS: Welcome To Wherever You Are". Rock's Backpages.(Subscription required.)

[4] Heaven Sent (Australian CD single liner notes). INXS. EastWest Records. 1992. 450990115-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[5] Heaven Sent (Australian cassette single sleeve). INXS. EastWest Records. 1992. 450990115-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[6] Heaven Sent (UK CD single liner notes). INXS. Mercury Records. 1992. INXCD 19, 866 953-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[7] Heaven Sent (UK 7-inch single sleeve). INXS. Mercury Records. 1992. INXS 19, 866 953-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[8] Heaven Sent (UK cassette single sleeve). INXS. Mercury Records. 1992. INXMC 19.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[9] Heaven Sent (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). INXS. EastWest Records. 1992. WMD5-4108.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[10] Heaven Sent (UK 12-inch single sleeve). INXS. Mercury Records. 1992. INXSP 19.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[sc_Flanders_INXS-11] "INXS – Heaven Sent" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[sc_Canadatopsingles_-12] "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1973." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[13] "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 33. 15 August 1992. p. 17. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[sc_Germany_INXS-14] "INXS – Heaven Sent" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[15] "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 40. 3 October 1992. p. 26. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[sc_Dutch40_-16] "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 34, 1992" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[sc_Dutch100_INXS-17] "INXS – Heaven Sent" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[18] "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 33. 15 August 1992. p. 16. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[sc_Sweden_INXS-19] "INXS – Heaven Sent". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[sc_Switzerland_INXS-20] "INXS – Heaven Sent". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[sc_UK_-21] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[sc_Billboardalternativesongs_INXS-22] "INXS Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_INXS-23] "INXS Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[24] "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 4 July 1992. p. 21.

[25] "ヘブン・セント | INXS" [Heaven Sent | INXS] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

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+| B-side     =
+* "It Ain't Easy"
-| format     = [[7-inch single|7"]], [[12-inch single|12"]], [[CD single|CDS]], [[Cassette single|Cassette]]
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+| label      = [[East West Records|EastWest]]
-| writer     = [[Michael Hutchence]], [[Andrew Farriss]]
+| writer     = [[Andrew Farriss]]
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-"'''Heaven Sent'''" is the first single by [[INXS]] taken from their eighth studio album ''[[Welcome to Wherever You Are]]''. It was released only in Europe, Japan and Australia. The song was written by [[Andrew Farriss]] who explained on the liner notes of the 2002 remaster: "Originally I wrote the song as a [[Triple metre|3/4]] [[ballad]]. The band heard it and rocked it up to make it the recording it became. The vocal effect helped give the track some extra attitude."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090327020949/http://www.inxs.com/year_by_year.asp#1992]</ref>
 ==B-sides==
 The [[A-side and B-side|b-sides]] included two solo compositions from Andrew Farriss; "It Ain't Easy", and [[Tim Farriss]]; "11th Revolution" as well as, "Deepest Red", a full band outtake from the ''[[X (INXS album)|X]]'' album written by Michael Hutchence and [[Jon Farriss]]. The 12" picture disc (UK) and also the Australian CD5 single included a demo version of "Heaven Sent (Gliding version)" instead of "Deepest Red".
-==Track listing==
+==Reception==
+[[Q (magazine)|Q]] noted the, "slashing guitar tone. A more conventional INXS song apart from the snarling "megaphone" vocal, redolent of [[The Stooges|Stooges]]-era [[Iggy Pop]]. But where the old INXS were all weighed down with big-funk pretensions, this has an air of pure unselfconscious glee. It rocks."<ref>{{cite web| work= [[Rock's Backpages]] | title=INXS: Welcome To Wherever You Are|author=David Sinclair | url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/inxs-welcome-to-wherever-you-are}}{{subscription required|s}}</ref>
-'''UK 7" / Cassette single'''
-# "Heaven Sent"
-# "It Ain't Easy"
+==Track listings==
-'''UK 12" Picture single'''
+{{col-begin}}
-# "Heaven Sent"
+{{col-2}}
-# "It Ain't Easy"
+'''Australian CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Heaven Sent|others=[[INXS]]|year=1992|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=[[EastWest Records]]|id=450990115-2}}</ref>
-# "11th Revolution"
-# "Heaven Sent (Gliding version)"
-'''CD5 – 45099-0115-2 EastWest/Australia'''
 # "Heaven Sent"
 # "It Ain't Easy"
 # "11th Revolution"
 # "Deepest Red"
-# "Heaven Sent (Gliding version)"
+# "Heaven Sent" (Gliding version)
+'''Australian cassette single and UK CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Heaven Sent|others=INXS|year=1992|type=Australian cassette single sleeve|publisher=EastWest Records|id=450990115-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Heaven Sent|others=INXS|year=1992|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=[[Mercury Records]]|id=INXCD 19, 866 953-2}}</ref>
-'''CD5 – INXCD 19 Mercury/UK limited edition collector's box'''
 # "Heaven Sent"
 # "It Ain't Easy"
 # "11th Revolution"
 # "Deepest Red"
+{{col-2}}
+'''UK 7-inch and cassette single; Japanese mini-CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Heaven Sent|others=INXS|year=1992|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Mercury Records|id=INXS 19, 866 953-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Heaven Sent|others=INXS|year=1992|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Mercury Records|id=INXMC 19}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Heaven Sent|others=INXS|year=1992|type=Japanese mini-CD single liner notes|publisher=EastWest Records|id=WMD5-4108}}</ref>
-'''CD3 – WMD5-4108 WEA/Japan'''
 # "Heaven Sent"
 # "It Ain't Easy"
+'''UK 12-inch picture-disc single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Heaven Sent|others=INXS|year=1992|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Mercury Records|id=INXSP 19}}</ref>
+:A1. "Heaven Sent"
+:A2. "It Ain't Easy"
+:B1. "11th Revolution"
+:B2. "Heaven Sent" (Gliding version)
+{{col-end}}
 ==Charts==
-{| class="wikitable sortable"
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 !Chart (1992)
 !Peak<br />position
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+{{single chart|Australia|13|artist=INXS|song=Heaven Sent|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2020|refname="aus"}}
-|Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|13
 |-
+{{single chart|Flanders|24|artist=INXS|song=Heaven Sent|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2020}}
-|Canadian Singles Chart
-| style="text-align:center;"|13
 |-
+{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|39|chartid=1973|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2020}}
-|[[Dutch Singles Chart]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|32
 |-
+!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-08-15.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=9|issue=33|page=17|date=15 August 1992|access-date=30 October 2020}}</ref>
-|[[UK Singles Chart]]
+|46
-| style="text-align:center;"|31
 |-
+{{single chart|Germany|47|artist=INXS|song=Heaven Sent|songid=2485|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2020}}
-|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Album Rock Tracks]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|4
 |-
+!scope="row"|Greece ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-10-03.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=9|issue=40|page=26|date=3 October 1992|access-date=30 October 2020}}</ref>
-|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Modern Rock Tracks]]
+|9
-| style="text-align:center;"|2
+|-
+{{single chart|Dutch40|35|year=1992|week=34|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2020}}
+|-
+{{single chart|Dutch100|32|artist=INXS|song=Heaven Sent|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2020}}
+|-
+!scope="row"|Portugal ([[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|AFP]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-08-15.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=9|issue=33|page=16|date=15 August 1992|access-date=30 October 2020}}</ref>
+|10
+|-
+{{single chart|Sweden|35|artist=INXS|song=Heaven Sent|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2020}}
+|-
+{{single chart|Switzerland|23|artist=INXS|song=Heaven Sent|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2020}}
+|-
+{{single chart|UK|31|date=19920725|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2020}}
+|-
+{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|2|artist=INXS|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2020}}
+|-
+{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|4|artist=INXS|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2020}}
+|}
+==Release history==
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+!scope="col"|Date
+!scope="col"|Format(s)
+!scope="col"|Label(s)
+!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
+|-
+!scope="row"|Australia
+|22 June 1992
+|CD
+|[[East West Records|EastWest]]
+|<ref name="aus"/>
+|-
+!scope="row"|United Kingdom
+|6 July 1992
+|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|cassette}}
+|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
+|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=21|date=4 July 1992}}</ref>
+|-
+!scope="row"|Japan
+|25 August 1992
+|Mini-CD
+|EastWest
+|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/10710/products/302706/1/|title=ヘブン・セント {{!}} INXS|trans-title=Heaven Sent {{!}} INXS|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|access-date=9 September 2023}}</ref>
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+[[Category:1992 songs]]
+[[Category:East West Records singles]]
+[[Category:Mercury Records singles]]
+[[Category:Song recordings produced by Mark Opitz]]
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 [[Category:Songs written by Michael Hutchence]]
-[[Category:1992 songs]]
-[[Category:Atlantic Records singles]]
-{{1990s-rock-song-stub}}

v t e INXS
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Studio albums	INXS Underneath the Colours Shabooh Shoobah The Swing Listen Like Thieves Kick X Welcome to Wherever You Are Full Moon, Dirty Hearts Elegantly Wasted Switch Original Sin
EPs	Dekadance Bang the Drum
Compilations	INXSIVE The Greatest Hits Shine Like It Does: The Anthology (1979–1997) The Best of INXS Stay Young 1979–1982 Definitive INXS The Years 1979–1997 INXS²: The Remixes Original Sin – The Collection Taste It: The Collection The Very Best
Live albums	Live Baby Live Live in Aspen INXS: Live at Barker Hangar Live at Wembley Stadium 1991 INXS: Live Baby Live Wembley Stadium
Singles	"Simple Simon" "Just Keep Walking" "The Loved One" "Stay Young" "Night of Rebellion" "The One Thing" "Don't Change" "To Look at You" "Black and White" "Original Sin" "I Send a Message" "Burn for You" "Dancing on the Jetty" "What You Need" "This Time" "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" "Listen Like Thieves" "Good Times" "Need You Tonight" "Mediate" "New Sensation" "Devil Inside" "Never Tear Us Apart" "Mystify" "Suicide Blonde" "Disappear" "By My Side" "Bitter Tears" "The Stairs" "Shining Star" "Heaven Sent" "Baby Don't Cry" "Not Enough Time" "Taste It" "Beautiful Girl" "The Gift" "Please (You Got That ...)" "Time" "Freedom Deep" "The Strangest Party (These Are the Times)" "Elegantly Wasted" "Everything" "Don't Lose Your Head" "Searching" "Precious Heart" "I'm So Crazy" "Tight" "One of My Kind" "I Get Up" "Pretty Vegas" "Afterglow" "Devil's Party" "Perfect Strangers" "God's Top Ten" "Dream on Black Girl (Original Sin)"
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