Hungry for Heaven

"Hungry for Heaven"
Single by Dio
from the album Sacred Heart
B-side	King of Rock and Roll Like the Beat of a Heart (live)
Released	October 1985
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	September 13, 1985 (live recordings) Philadelphia, USA Rumbo Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal
Length	4:10
Label	Vertigo
Writer(s)	Ronnie James Dio, Jimmy Bain
Producer(s)	Ronnie James Dio
Dio singles chronology
"Rock 'N' Roll Children" (1985) "Hungry for Heaven" (1985) "Dio Live" (1985)
Alternative cover International version

"Hungry for Heaven"
Song by Dio from the album Sacred Heart
Released	August, 1985
Recorded	1985 Rumbo Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal
Length	4:10
Label	Vertigo
Writer(s)	Ronnie James Dio, Jimmy Bain
Producer(s)	Ronnie James Dio
Sacred Heart track listing
"Rock 'N' Roll Children" (4) "Hungry for Heaven" (5) "Like the Beat of a Heart" (6)

"Hungry for Heaven" was the seventh single released by heavy metal band Dio and the second single from their 1985 LP, Sacred Heart. Many different versions of the single exist; the original UK release had the B-side songs "King of Rock and Roll" and a live version of "Like the Beat of a Heart". An international version, however, had live versions of the songs "Holy Diver" and "Rainbow in the Dark" on the B-side, with a different sleeve design.^[1] The Australian release featured "The Last in Line" on the B-side, but this may have been a promotional release.^[2]

The single peaked at number thirty on the Billboard Top Album Tracks chart. A different version of this song also made an appearance in the 1985 movie Vision Quest.

References

1. Tapio Keihänen. "Tapio's Ronnie James Dio Pages: Dio 12" Single Discography, May 1983-March 1986". Dio.net. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
2. Tapio Keihänen. "Tapio's Ronnie James Dio Pages: Dio 7" Single Discography, May 1983-March 1986". Dio.net. Retrieved 2007-03-08.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics