“Heaven” by Los Lonely Boys

"Heaven" was the debut single from Los Lonely Boys, the band built around brothers Henry, JoJo and Ringo Garza, who wrote it together and share the vocals, and it anchors their self-titled first album. Henry plays guitar, JoJo bass and Ringo drums, with Reese Wynans on organ and piano and John Porter producing and mixing. AllMusic's Thom Jurek called it infectious and heard Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Los Lobos in it, and that's about right: a warm, easy-rolling slice of bluesy rock with soul in its bones.

It took its time. Triple-A stations got it in June 2003, the wider radio world caught on in 2004, and it peaked at number 16 on the Hot 100 that August before settling in at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart for 16 weeks, and topping Canada's too. It even crept onto country radio.

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