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“(Feels Like) Heaven” by Fiction Factory
From the album Throw the Warped Wheel Out (1984)
“(Feels Like) Heaven” by Fiction Factory appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1991 and 2021. It was first released in 1984 on the album Throw the Warped Wheel Out. Its best result is #237 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,541 alternative song of all time.
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Fiction Factory had barely gotten going when Kevin Patterson and Eddie Jordan wrote "(Feels Like) Heaven", shortly after the two of them started the Scottish new wave band with Chic Medley. CBS put it out at the very end of 1983, the second song lifted from their first album, Throw the Warped Wheel Out, which followed in 1984. Peter Wilson produced, and Medley and Patterson arranged it.
The title sounds like a swoon, but the band have described it as an anti-love song, while admitting it has come to mean different things to different listeners. Europe heard something in it anyway: it went to 6 in the UK, 2 in Switzerland and top 10 in Germany. Decades on, Ariel Pink nodded to it on his own 2017 single "Feels Like Heaven".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 237 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 2002 | 1911 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 659 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2021 | 871 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
Also listed as: Feels Like Heaven.
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