"Just Like Paradise" is a 1988 song by American

United States

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 rock

Rock music

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 singer David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality. Roth was ranked nineteenth by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Singers of All Time....

. Produced by Roth and guitarist

Guitarist

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 Steve Vai

Steve Vai

Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....

, the song was released as the lead single

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 from Roth's second solo album, 1988's Skyscraper

Skyscraper (album)

Skyscraper is the second full-length album by David Lee Roth , released in 1988. It was the last to feature guitarist Steve Vai, who left the group in 1989 to join Whitesnake and continue his solo career. Bassist Billy Sheehan would also leave the group before the tour to eventually form Mr. Big...

. The single reached the top 10 of the charts in the United States and Canada

Canada

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Release and reception

Released in 1988, "Just Like Paradise" entered the Billboard Hot 100

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 in January 1988 and peaked at number six in March.
It reached number four on the Singles Sales

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 chart, number eight on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, It also spent four weeks at number one on the Mainstream Rock chart. The song peaked at eight in Canada,
number 27 in the United Kingdom

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number 13 in New Zealand

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, and number 77 in the Netherlands

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Music critic Charles Bottomley called the song "a polished ode to decadence, with a chorus you would be unashamed to punch the air to".
Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia described it as an "ultra-saccharine" single that tries "too hard to achieve an exaggerated pop sheen".

Track listing

7" Vinyl

1. "Just Like Paradise" (Roth, Tuggle) - 4:03
2. "The Bottom Line" (Roth, Vai) - 3:37

12" Vinyl (UK)

1. "Just Like Paradise" (Roth, Tuggle) - 4:03
2. "The Bottom Line" (Roth, Vai) - 3:37
3. "Yankee Rose
   Yankee Rose (song)
   "Yankee Rose" is a hard rock song recorded by David Lee Roth. It was written by Roth and Steve Vai and was Roth's first single on his 1986 first full-length album Eat 'Em and Smile...
   
   " (Roth, Vai) - 3:47

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays....	8
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	77
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	13
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 ...	27
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	6
U.S. Album Rock Tracks	1