"Heaven's on Fire" is a song by American

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 hard rock band Kiss

KISS (band)

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, first released on their 1984 album Animalize

Animalize

Animalize is the 12th studio album by the American band Kiss. In a continuation of the commercial resurgence begun with Lick It Up, Animalize was certified platinum by the RIAA on December 12, 1984. It was the biggest-selling Kiss album since 1977's Alive II.The album marked the only appearance by...

. Written by vocalist/guitarist Paul Stanley

Paul Stanley

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 and songwriter Desmond Child

Desmond Child

Desmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...

, it was the first single released off of the album.

Released as a single internationally in 1984, "Heaven's on Fire" charted in several countries, even though it failed to reach the top ten in any of the countries where it was released as a single. It did reach #11 on Billboard'

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s Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and #49 on the Billboard Hot 100

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. In addition, the song is one of only a select few from the bands' non-makeup era that has been performed live after the band returned to wearing makeup.

A video for the single was filmed and played on MTV

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, and was directed by David Lewis and produced by John Weaver. It marked the only official promotional performance of the band with lead guitarist Mark St. John

Mark St. John

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 before he left the group due to problems in his hands caused by a painful, but temporary, form of arthritis called Reiter's Syndrome. He would be replaced by Bruce Kulick

Bruce Kulick

Bruce Howard Kulick is an American guitarist, musician and a member of the band Grand Funk Railroad. Previously, Kulick had been a longtime member of the band Kiss....

 shortly afterwards.

A live version of the song was recorded at Cobo Hall on December 8, 1984 as part of the Kiss: Animalize Live Uncensored video Kiss filmography

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 and was later released on the Hear 'n Aid

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 album. It is one of only two live tracks with longtime drummer Eric Carr

Eric Carr

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 that Kiss has ever officially released.http://www.kissfaq.com/discography/hearnaid.html ^{[Info on other track needed]}

Cover version

The song has been covered by Swedish

Sweden

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 girl group Star and the Canadian group Daiquiri.