In Heaven

"In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)" (often referred to as just "In Heaven") is a song by Peter Ivers. It was composed by Ivers and features lyrics written by David Lynch; the song is featured in Lynch's 1977 feature film Eraserhead and its 1982 soundtrack album.

Covers and samples

• Devo (sung by Booji Boy covered the song live in 1979 as the penultimate song in their set.^[1]

• The song was sung by fans of English psychobilly band the Meteors at the start of their 1981 debut album, The Case of The Meteors in Heaven.

• The song formed the coda of "A Time for Rejoicing", the final track on Toy World (1981), the second Cardiacs album.

• A cover of the song appeared on the Danse Society's 1982 Seduction album.

• British gothic rock band Bauhaus introduced a cover of the song into their regular set for their final UK tour in the summer of 1983. Their version was featured on the Rest in Peace: The Final Concert album, a posthumous live recording of their last show at London's Hammersmith Palais on 5 July 1983. The band's former bassist, David J, later performed "In Heaven" live as a duet with Pixies singer Black Francis at a solo show at the Los Angeles Echoplex in December 2009.^[2]

• The Rubella Ballet song "Slant and Slide", a B-side to their 1984 single "42°F", ended with the chorus to "In Heaven".

• It was covered by the Pixies in 1987 as part of the recording session for their initial demo tape; this version was later released in 2002 on the Pixies EP.^[3] The band re-recorded the track for a session for John Peel's BBC radio show in May 1988, which was later released on the Pixies at the BBC album.^[4] The song was a regular part of the Pixies' setlist, and a live version by the band appeared as a B-side of the "Gigantic" single, and was also included on The Complete B-Sides album.^[5] A version of the song was recorded by the Joe Harvard Band for the Pixies tribute album Dig for Fire, although it was omitted from the final album track listing.^[6]

• A cover by Tuxedomoon with Winston Tong was released in 1987 on Pinheads on the Move, and a live version was also released on the Ten Years in One Night live album.^[7]

• A cover of the song appeared on the 1993 Miranda Sex Garden album Suspiria.

• The song made up part of the Modest Mouse song "Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'", the B-side of their 1998 single "Never Ending Math Equation".

• Icelandic band Bang Gang included a version of the song on their 1998 debut album You.

• The song was sampled in the Mellow Man Ace song "Heaven" from his 2000 album From the Darkness into the Light.

• The song was used as the basis for the Apartment 26 song "Heaven", which appeared on their 2004 album Music for the Massive.

• American composer and producer Keith Kenniff covered the song on his 2007 album Ayres, under his Helios moniker.

• American rock musician Jay Reatard covered the song in a duet with Lindsay Shutt in 2008.^[8][9]

• Swedish artist Freddie Wadling performed a Swedish-language cover of the song on his album Den Mörka Blomman (The Dark Flower), released in 2009.

• Zola Jesus covered the song, retitled "Lady in the Radiator",^[10] as part of the David Lynch Foundation's "The Music of David Lynch" concert on April 1, 2015 at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles.

Other media references

The eighth issue of Spawn the Series was titled "In Heaven (Everything Is Fine)".

References

External links

• Lyrics to Pixies' version of "In Heaven" at MetroLyrics