Belinda Carlisle--Heaven Is A Place On Earth (1987)

    In the 80's world of pop music, I was always more of a Bangles kind of guy rather than a Go-Go's guy. This doesn't mean they didn't have their charms. I thought Jane Wiedin was all kinds of hot (still do), and they had some entertaining music, especially early on. It was not surprising though that lead singer Belinda Carlisle would go out on her own when the group broke up in 1985.
      In fact, Carlisle was a pretty hot commodity during the mid-80's. In 1986, her first single, "Mad About You" reached #3 on the charts. From 1986 through 1987 her songs ended up on three movie soundtracks, "Mannequin", "Out of Bounds", and "Burglar" She released her biggest song in mid-fall of 1987, "Heaven Is A Place On Earth".
      The song was based musically on an aria from J.S. Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" and written by a couple of new songwriters, Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley. The song reached number 1 and gave all three a Grammy nomination for best pop female vocal. Remember the video (look down)...anyone who went to Six Flags very much during the 70's and 80's would be humored to know that part of the shots were done inside the Spin Out ride.....