"I Found Heaven" is the fifth single taken from Take That

Take That

Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...

's debut album "Take That & Party"

Song information

Written and produced by Billy Griffin

Billy Griffin

Billy Griffin is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known for replacing Smokey Robinson as lead singer of The Miracles in 1972.-Biography:...

 and Ian Levine

Ian Levine

Ian Levine is an English songwriter, producer, and DJ. He is also a well-known fan of the long-running television show Doctor Who.Levine attended Arnold School in Blackpool from 1963 to 1970...

, it was released on August 10, 1992 as the fifth single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from the band's debut album Take That & Party

Take That and Party

Take That & Party was the debut album from British boyband Take That. It reached #2 in the UK album chart and stayed in the UK Top 75 album chart for 73 weeks...

(1992). It became the group's second top twenty single, charting at number fifteen on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

. "I Found Heaven" is the first song by Take That to feature both Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and record producer. He is frontman and lead vocalist of pop group Take That and is currently the head judge on the eighth series of The X Factor. Barlow is one of Britain's most successful songwriters...

 and Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams

Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

 on lead vocals and also the only non-cover written by someone else than the band.

In Gary Barlow's autobiography 'My Take', he states that the band hates the song: "The song Ian made us sing was truly f***ing awful. I still hate it to this day. In fact, we all hate it and absolutely refuse to perform it on stage. It is, by a huge margin, the worst song of Take That's and my career. At the time I said nothing because I felt I didn't have a leg to stand on."

Music video

The video for the single was filmed on Sandown Beach on the Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...

, and the yellow car featured is owned by a local resident, and is fairly well known amongst the islanders. The band perform the song on the beach whilst clips of the band relaxing on the beach are intercut with the video. In Gary Barlow's autobiography: 'My Take', he expressed that the band were disappointed with the location on which the video was filmed. They apparenately hoped for the video to be shot in an exotic continent.

Track listings

UK 7" Vinyl (74321 10813 7)(Limited Edition picture disc)

1. "I Found Heaven" (7" Radio Mix) - 4:02
2. "I'm Out" - 4:13

UK 7" Vinyl (74321 10814 7) (Limited Edition w/ poster sleeve)

1. "I Found Heaven" (7" Radio Mix) - 4:02
2. "I Found Heaven" (Mr. F's Garage Mix) - 6:08

UK 12" Vinyl (74321 11240 1)

1. "I Found Heaven" (Mr. F's Garage Mix) - 6:08
2. "I Found Heaven" (Original 12" Mix) - 6:35
3. "I Found Heaven" (7" Radio Mix) - 4:02

UK/EU CD Single (74321 10813 2)

1. "I Found Heaven" (7" Radio Mix) - 4:02
2. "I'm Out" - 4:13
3. "Promises" (7" Radio Mix) - 3:34
4. "I Found Heaven" (Classic 12" Mix) - 6:56

UK Cassette (74321 10813 4)

1. "I Found Heaven" (7" Radio Mix) - 4:02
2. "I'm Out" - 4:13

Japanese 3" CD Single (BVDP-80)

1. "I Found Heaven" (7" Radio Mix) - 4:02
2. "Promises" (7" Radio Mix) - 3:34

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	56
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	15

Official versions

• Album Version (4:01)
• 7" Radio Mix (4:02)
• Classic 12" Mix (6:56)
• Original 12" Mix (6:35)
• Mr. F's Garage Mix (6:08)