Heavenly Bodies
"Heavenly Bodies" | ||||
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Single by Earl Thomas Conley | ||||
from the album Somewhere Between Right and Wrong | ||||
B-side | "The Highway Home" | |||
Released | May 31, 1982 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:08 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Elaine Lifton, Gloria Nissenson, Lee Ritenour | |||
Producer(s) | Nelson Larkin, Earl Thomas Conley | |||
Earl Thomas Conley singles chronology | ||||
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"Heavenly Bodies" is a song written by Elaine Lifton, Gloria Nissenson and Lee Ritenour, and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in May 1982 as the first single from the album Somewhere Between Right and Wrong. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]
Critical reception
Kip Kirby of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the tune "lives up to his own imagery" even though he didn't write it. He goes on to say that the "clean, easy-tempo arrangement leaves proper space for hearing the singer's thoughtful comparison of a woman to astral attractions."[2]
Chart performance
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 8 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 3 |
References
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- Fire & Smoke
- Somewhere Between Right and Wrong
- Don't Make It Easy for Me
- Treadin' Water
- Too Many Times
- The Heart of It All
- Yours Truly
- Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits, Volume II
- "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
- "Silent Treatment"
- "Fire and Smoke"
- "Tell Me Why"
- "After the Love Slips Away"
- "Heavenly Bodies"
- "Somewhere Between Right and Wrong"
- "I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)"
- "Your Love's on the Line"
- "Holding Her and Loving You"
- "Don't Make It Easy for Me"
- "Angel in Disguise"
- "Chance of Lovin' You"
- "Honor Bound"
- "Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)"
- "Nobody Falls Like a Fool"
- "Once in a Blue Moon"
- "Too Many Times" (with Anita Pointer)
- "I Can't Win for Losin' You"
- "That Was a Close One"
- "Right from the Start"
- "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)"
- "We Believe in Happy Endings" (with Emmylou Harris)
- "What I'd Say"
- "Love Out Loud"
- "You Must Not Be Drinking Enough"
- "Bring Back Your Love to Me
- "Shadow of a Doubt"
- "Hard Days and Honky Tonk Nights"
- "All Tangled Up in Love" (with Gus Hardin)
- "Brotherly Love" (with Keith Whitley)
- Discography
- "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me"
- "All Over Me"
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