Song · Dio
“Hungry for Heaven” by Dio
From the album Sacred Heart (1985)
“Hungry for Heaven” by Dio appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1985 on the album Sacred Heart. Its best result is #313 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,325 hard rock song of all time.
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"Hungry for Heaven" was written for the movie Vision Quest before Dio gave it a home on Sacred Heart, the band's 1985 album, where it became the second single and the seventh of their career. A different version plays in the film itself. Ronnie James Dio wrote it with bassist Jimmy Bain and produced it himself, and Vivian Campbell's main guitar riff takes a big bite out of the Who's "Baba O'Riley", with Claude Schnell's keyboards and Vinny Appice's drums pushing behind it.
It reached number 30 on Billboard's Top Album Tracks chart, and the single came out in several guises, some backed with live takes of "Holy Diver" and "Rainbow in the Dark". The video opens with Dio's spoken invitation to cross a rainbow bridge in search of the Sacred Heart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 313 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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