Heaven (Nina Girado song)

Infobox Single
Name = Heaven


Artist = Nina
from Album = Heaven
Released = 2002
Format =
Genre = Pop/R&B
Length =
Label = Warner Music
Writer = Brett Laurence, Gary Haase
Producer = Ferdie Marquez
Chart position = * #7 (Philippines)
Last single = –
This single = "Heaven"
(2002)
Next single = "2nd Floor"
(2002)

"Heaven" is a pop/R&B song written by Brett Laurence and Gary Haase, and produced by Ferdie Marquez for Nina's debut album, "Heaven" (2002). It was released as the album's first single in the third quarter of 2002 in the Philippines.

Release

The song was released late in 2002, and proved risky for Warner Music to breakthrough an artist such as Nina who is extremely influenced with R&B. Fortunately, as the song was solicited to local radio, requests increased as the song peaked at number seven in the Philippines Singles Chart. The song was considered to be one of the first R&B/hip-hop inspired tracks in the Philippine music scene, which was rare for Filipino acts at that time.

Music videos and other versions

The video for "Heaven" is considerably plotless. It depicts Nina in a series of beauty shots, singing as there are special effects introduced in the music video. A remix version was commissioned by Warner Music to boost promo of the single. The remix features labelmate Artstrong, who comtributed with a rap verse. Retaining the same melody and lyric, the song differed in beat and rhythm, becoming heavily inspired by dark, hip-hop beats, distancing from music similar to fellow contemporaries like Kyla and Arnee Hidalgo. Additional footage from Artstrong and Nina were included to differentiate the original version from the remix version. The video is known to be one of the most-played videos in MTV Lokal in 2002.