{{Short description|1995 single by Tina Arena}} {{For|the song from the musical Chess|Chess (musical)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox song | name = Heaven Help My Heart | cover = Heaven_Help_My_Heart_(Tina_Arena_art_work).jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Tina Arena | album = Don't Ask | released = {{start date|1995|5|22|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop rock | length = * 5:28 (album version) * 4:31 (single edit) | label = Columbia | writer = * Tina Arena * David Tyson * Dean McTaggart | producer = David Tyson | prev_title = Sorrento Moon (I Remember) | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = Wasn't It Good | next_year = 1995 | misc = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|IqAhRiH2nBQ|"Heaven Help My Heart"}}}} }} "'''Heaven Help My Heart'''" is a song originally recorded by Australian singer and songwriter Tina Arena. It was written in 1994 by Arena with David Tyson and Dean McTaggart and released by Columbia Records as the third single from Arena's second album, ''Don't Ask'' (1994). The song reached number 22 in her native Australia, and was a top-40 hit in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Arena performed the single on the British children's television series ''Fully Booked'' on 5 August 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a6a72a0b259f41c8a1c9eb684a20e824|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110191642/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a6a72a0b259f41c8a1c9eb684a20e824|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2023|title=Fully Booked – BBC One London – 5 August 1995 – BBC Genome|website=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAw8Y5oeBWM|title=Tina Arena Heaven Help My Heart Fully Booked 1995|publisher=YouTube|access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref>
==Critical reception== Paul Verna from ''Billboard'' magazine viewed the song as a "perky number".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Paul|last=Verna|title=Reviews & Previews: Albums|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-06-01.pdf|magazine=Billboard|date=1 June 1996|page=82|accessdate=28 November 2022}}</ref> Pan-European magazine ''Music & Media'' wrote, "Arena knows how to chain herself to radio. Bass guitar forms the stable base for a solid piece of FM pop rock. Walking exactly in the middle of the road, she takes the shortest way to your heart."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-08-05.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|page=6|date=5 August 1995|access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref> A reviewer from ''Music Week'' gave the song a score of four out of five, adding, "Sony's regional radio pluggers will have plenty of takers for this soft rock follow-up to 'Chains', although it doesn't hit quite the same spot."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-07-22.pdf|title=Reviews: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=29|date=22 July 1995|access-date=10 May 2021 }}</ref>
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1995) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Australia|22|artist=Tina Arena|song=Heaven Help My Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2019}} |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-08-26.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=12|issue=34|page=12|date=26 August 1995|access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref> | 81 |- !scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-09-02.pdf|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=Music & Media|volume=12|issue=35|date=2 September 1995|page=29|access-date=7 December 2025}}</ref> | 22 |- {{single chart|Germany|77|artist=Tina Arena|song=Heaven Help My Heart|songid=102139|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2019}} |- !scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2732560?iabr=on#page/n25/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (16.9. '95 – 22.9. '95)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=26|date=16 September 1995|access-date=22 August 2021}}</ref> | 35 |- {{single chart|New Zealand|33|artist=Tina Arena|song=Heaven Help My Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2019}} |- {{single chart|Scotland|21|date=19950819|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2019}} |- {{single chart|UK|25|date=19950819|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2019}} |- !scope="row"|UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-08-26.pdf|title=Top 50 Airplay Hits|magazine=Music Week|date=26 August 1995|page=23|access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref> | 8 |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|title=Heaven Help My Heart|artist=Tina Arena|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1995|certyear=2021|access-date=10 July 2021}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|Australia |22 May 1995 |rowspan="2"|{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |rowspan="2"|Columbia |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – Product Available from : 22/05/95: Singles|magazine=The ARIA Report|issue=275|page=21|date=21 May 1995}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |31 July 1995 |<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-07-29.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=43|date=29 July 1995|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Japan |22 May 1996 |CD |Epic |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/106309/products/105359/1/|title=ヘブン・ヘルプ・マイ・ハート {{!}} ティナ・アリーナ|trans-title=Heaven Help My Heart {{!}} Tina Arena|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref> |}
==Wynonna Judd version== {{Infobox song | name = Heaven Help My Heart | cover = heavenhelpmyheart.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Wynonna Judd | album = Revelations | B-side = "Heaven Help My Heart" (album version)<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=480|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> | released = 1996 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 6:08 (album version) | label = * MCA * Curb | writer = * Tina Arena * David Tyson * Dean McTaggart | producer = Tony Brown | prev_title = To Be Loved by You | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = My Angel Is Here | next_year = 1996 }}
In 1996, American country music singer Wynonna Judd covered the song for her third album, ''Revelations'' (1996). Her cover version went to number 14 on the US Hot Country Songs chart and number five on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart.
===Charts=== ====Weekly charts==== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1996) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Canadacountry|5|chartid=3024|publishdate=8 July 1996|rowheader=true|access-date=20 July 2013}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|14|artist=Wynonna|rowheader=true}} |}
====Year-end charts==== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1996) !Position |- !scope="row"|Canada Country Tracks (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9734&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9734.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9734|title=RPM Year End Top 100 Country Tracks|magazine=RPM|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|date=16 December 1996|access-date=20 July 2013}}</ref> |74 |} {{Clear}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Tina Arena songs}} {{Wynonna Judd}} {{Authority control}}
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