Heaven 17 discography

Heaven 17 discography
Studio albums8
EPs3
Live albums4
Compilation albums12
Singles30
Video albums4
Music videos14
Box sets3
Remix albums2

This is the discography of English new wave/synth-pop band Heaven 17.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Year Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2][3] 		FIN
[4] 		FRA
[5] 		GER
[6] 		NL
[7] 		NZ
[8] 		SWE
[9] 		US
[10]
1981 Penthouse and Pavement
  • Released: 18 September 1981
  • Label: Virgin
 14 99 18 — — — 45 24 —
1983 The Luxury Gap
  • Released: 8 April 1983
  • Label: Virgin
 4 53 13 18 7 20 11 17 72
1984 How Men Are
  • Released: September 1984
  • Label: Virgin
 12 — — — 31 28 — 28 —
1986 Pleasure One
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Virgin
 78 — — — — — — — 177
1988 Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho
  • Released: 26 September 1988
  • Label: Virgin
 — — — — 46 — — — —
1996 Bigger Than America — 155 — — — — — — —
2005 Before After
  • Released: 6 September 2005
  • Label: Alpha Engineering, Ninthwave
 — — — — — — — — —
2008 Naked as Advertised
  • Released: November 2008
  • Label: Absolute Zero
 — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Live albums

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Year Title Details
1999 How Live Is
  • Released: 25 October 1999
  • Label: Almafame
  • Released since under various names on different labels, including Live at Last in 2008
2006 Live at Scala, London
  • Released: 27 February 2006
  • Label: Live Here Now
  • Limited CD. DVD also released
2013 Live From Metropolis Studios
  • Released: 16 September 2013
  • Label: Edsel
  • Limited edition release with DVD
2015 Live at the Jazz Cafe, 2015
  • Released: 3 September 2015
  • Label: Self-released

Compilation albums

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Year Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[1] 		AUS
[3] 		US
[10]
1982 Heaven 17 — — 68
1986 Endless
  • Released: 30 June 1986
  • Label: Virgin
 70 — —
1992 The Best of Heaven 17
  • Released: September 1992
  • Label: Virgin
 — — —
1993 Higher and Higher – The Best of Heaven 17
  • Released: 10 March 1993
  • Label: Virgin
 31 129 —
1996 16 Classic Tracks
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Boots, EMI
  • Re-release under a different title of the 1992 The Best of Heaven 17
 — — —
2000 Heaven 17
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Disky
 — — —
2001 We Blame Love
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Falcon Neue Medien
  • Germany-only release
  • Compilation of live recordings
 — — —
2005 Heaven 17
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Autarc Media
  • Only released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
 — — —
2006 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 16 October 2006
  • Label: Virgin
  • Includes a DVD of video clips
 — — —
2011 So80s Presents Heaven 17
  • Released: 7 February 2011
  • Label: EMI
  • Germany-only release
 — — —
2012 Play to Win: The Very Best of Heaven 17 — — —
2021 Essential Heaven 17
  • Released: 23 July 2021
  • Label: Spectrum
 73 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Remix albums

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Year Title Details
1995 The Remix Collection
  • Released: 3 April 1995
  • Label: Virgin
1998 Retox/Detox
  • Released: 27 July 1998
  • Label: Eagle

Box sets

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Year Title Details
2016 5 Classic Albums
2019 Play to Win: The Virgin Years
  • Released: 29 March 2019
  • Label: Edsel
  • CD: 10-CD set featuring all five albums from the 1980s, along with over 100 bonus tracks
  • Vinyl: 5-LP set featuring the five 1980s albums
2020 Another Big Idea (1996 – 2015)
  • Released: 20 March 2020
  • Label: Edsel
  • CD: 9-CD set featuring all three studio album since reforming in 1996, plus the remix album Retox/Detox, the live album How Live Is, plus many bonus tracks
  • Vinyl: 4-LP set featuring the three 1990s/2000s studio albums

EPs

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Year Title Details
1996 Executive Summary
  • Released: August 1996
  • Label: Eye of the Storm
  • Germany-only promo sampler
2011 Rarities 2011
  • Released: November 2011
  • Label: Self-released
  • Free download-only release, available from Heaven 17's website
2017 Not For Public Broadcast
  • Released: 17 February 2017
  • Label: Society of Sound
  • Download-only mini-album

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1][13][14] 		AUS
[2][15] 		CAN
[16] 		GER
[17] 		IRE
[18] 		ITA
[19] 		NL
[7] 		NZ
[8] 		US
[20] 		US
Dance
[21]
1981 "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" 45 72 — — — — — — — 29 Penthouse and Pavement
"I'm Your Money" —[A] — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Play to Win" 46 — — — — — — 39 — 19 Penthouse and Pavement
"Penthouse and Pavement" 57 93 — — — — — 37 —
1982 "The Height of the Fighting (He-La-Hu)" —[B] — — — — — — 20 — —
"Let Me Go" 41 78 41 — 26 — — — 74 4 The Luxury Gap
"Who'll Stop the Rain"[24] — — — — — — — — — 36
1983 "Temptation" 2 38 — 11 3 45 25 15 — 34
"We Live So Fast"[24] — — — — — — — — 102
"Come Live with Me" 5 100 — — 7 — — — — —
"Crushed by the Wheels of Industry" 17 — — — 10 — — — — 34
1984 "Sunset Now" 24 93 — — 18 — — — — 39 How Men Are
"This Is Mine" 23 — — — 25 — — — — 28
1985 "...(And That's No Lie)" 52 — — — 22 — — — — —
1986 "The Foolish Thing to Do" (feat. Jimmy Ruffin) 80 — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Contenders" 80 — — — — — — — — 6 Pleasure One
1987 "Trouble" 51 — — 17 — — — — — —
1988 "The Ballad of Go Go Brown" 91 — — — — — — — — — Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho
"Train of Love in Motion" 122 — — — — — — — — —
1992 "Temptation" (Brothers in Rhythm Remix) 4 64 — 42 9 — 18 — — — Higher and Higher – The Best of Heaven 17
1993 "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" (The Rapino Brothers Remixes) 40 173 — — — — — — — —
"Penthouse and Pavement" (The Tommy D Remixes) 54 150 — — — — — — — 26
1996 "Designing Heaven" 128 — — — — — — — — — Bigger Than America
1997 "We Blame Love" — — — — — — — — — —
1998 "With This Ring Let Me Go" (Molella & Phil Jay present Heaven 17 meets Fast Eddie) 80 — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
2006 "Hands Up to Heaven" — — — — — — — — — 6 Before After
2007 "I'm Gonna Make You Fall in Love with Me" — — — — — — — — — —
2008 "Don't Fear the Reaper" — — — — — — — — — —
2014 "Illumination" & "Pray" (limited edition vinyl)[25] — — — — — — — — — — Not For Public Broadcast
2016 "Captured" & "Unseen" (limited edition vinyl) — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Videos

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Video albums

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Year Video Details
1983 Heaven 17's Industrial Revolution
2005 Live at Scala, London 29 November 2005
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Live Here Now
  • Medium: DVD
2010 Penthouse And Pavement Live in Concert 2010 (30th Anniversary Special Edition)
  • Released: December 2010
  • Label: Blink TV, Strong Pictures
  • Medium: DVD
2013 Live From Metropolis Studios
  • Released: 16 September 2013
  • Label: Edsel
  • Medium: DVD

Music videos

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Year Title Director
1981 "Penthouse and Pavement" Steve Barron
1982 "Let Me Go"
1983 "Temptation" Chris Gabrin
"We Live So Fast" Jean-Pierre Berckmans
"Come Live with Me"
"Crushed by the Wheels of Industry" Daniel Kleinman
1984 "Sunset Now" Ray Davies[26]
"This Is Mine"
1985 "...(And That's No Lie"
1986 "The Foolish Thing to Do"
"Contenders" Leslie Libman, Larry Williams
1987 "Trouble"
1992 "Temptation" (Brothers in Rhythm Remix)
1993 "Penthouse and Pavement" (1993 Remix) Bob Caldwell[27]

Soundtrack appearances

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Year Film Song
1982 Summer Lovers "Play to Win"
Night Shift "Penthouse and Pavement"
1984 Electric Dreams "Chase Runner", "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry"
1994 Sliver "Penthouse and Pavement"
1996 Trainspotting "Temptation"

Notes

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  1. ^ This single did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but did reach number 59 on the Record Business Top 100 Singles chart.[22]
  2. ^ This single did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but did reach number 41 on the Record Business Top 100 Singles chart.[23]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Official Charts > Heaven 17". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 137. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
    • Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  3. ^ a b "Heaven 17 albums chart history received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 4 June 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart
  4. ^ "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit HAS - HEL". Sisältää hitin. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. ^ "InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste". Infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  6. ^ "offiziellecharts.de Search results for Heaven 17 (albums)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Discografie Heaven 17". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  8. ^ a b "Discography Heaven 17". charts.nz. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Discography Heaven 17". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  10. ^ a b "Heaven 17 Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  11. ^ a b c "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for Heaven 17". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Heaven 17 / 5 Classic Albums | superdeluxeedition". Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Gallup Top 200 Singles". Gallup. 19 November 1988. Retrieved 20 June 2024 – via ukmix.org.
  14. ^ "Chart Log UK: H & Claire- Hysterix". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Heaven 17 singles chart history received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 4 June 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart
  16. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada Top Singles – Volume 38, No. 15, June 11, 1983". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  17. ^ "offiziellecharts.de Search results for Heaven 17 (singles)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  18. ^ Ward, Jaclyn. "irishcharts.ie Search results for Heaven 17". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  19. ^ "Indice per Interprete: H". Hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  20. ^ "Heaven 17 Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  21. ^ "Heaven 17 Chart History: Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  22. ^ "Singles Top 100" (PDF). Record Business. Vol. 4, no. 10. 25 May 1981. p. 6. Retrieved 7 April 2023 – via World Radio History.
  23. ^ "Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Record Business. Vol. 4, no. 49. 8 March 1982. p. 6. Retrieved 21 March 2023 – via World Radio History.
  24. ^ a b Released only in the USA.
  25. ^ "Limited Vinyl pressed for new songs 'Illumination' & 'Pray'". Heaven17.com. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  26. ^ "Heaven 17 - Articles and reviews". www.heaven17.de. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  27. ^ "Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement (Remix) (1993) | BFI". www2.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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