Heaven's Not for Saints

"Heaven's Not for Saints (Let It Go)" is a song by Morten Harket, released as a non-album single in 1996.

"Heaven's Not for Saints (Let It Go)"
Single by Morten Harket
Released27 May 1996
Recorded1996
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:28
LabelBMG Arista
Songwriter(s)Morten Harket, Håvard Rem and Ole Sverre Olsen
Producer(s)Steve Lovell
Morten Harket singles chronology
"Los Angeles"
(1996)
"Heaven's Not for Saints (Let It Go)"
(1996)
"Tilbake Til Livet"
(1996)

The single was released in the UK and Norway only and was Harket's first release on the record label BMG Arista.[1] It reached number 9 on the Norwegian charts.[2]

It was performed as the opening act for Eurovision 1996, which Harket hosted with Ingvild Bryn.[3]

Critical reception

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Upon its release in the UK, Daniel Booth of Melody Maker called it "OK, in a melancholy Scandinavian version of sub-U2 navel-gazing kind of way".[4]

References

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  1. ^ https://archive.today/20120729032049/http://www.darsu.btinternet.co.uk/discography/mharket/hnfs.htm[dead link]
  2. ^ "norwegiancharts.com: Morten Harket". Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  3. ^ Eurovision 1996 Opening
  4. ^ Booth, Daniel (25 May 1996). "Singles". Melody Maker. p. 54. ISSN 0025-9012.