{{Short description|2000 single by OPM}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox song | name = Heaven Is a Halfpipe | cover = OPM heaven is a halfpipe.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = OPM | album = Menace to Sobriety | B-side = * "Space People" * "Group Therapy" | released = {{start date|2000|6|27}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = * Reggae<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/music/great-place-shame-theres-no-1684310|title=Great place, shame there's no surf|first=Evening|last=Chronicle|date=November 2, 2001|website=Chronicle Live}}</ref> * skate punk<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/heaven-is-a-half-pipe-the-joys-of-skate-punk/|title=Heaven Is A Half-Pipe: The Joys Of Skate-Punk|first=Tim|last=Peacock|date=September 16, 2020|work=UDiscover Music}}</ref> * rap rock<ref name="vice"/> | length = 4:18 | label = Atlantic | writer = * Matthew Meschery * Geoff Turney * John Edney * Roy C. Hammond | producer = * Josh Deutsch * Craig Kallman | next_title = El Capitan | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{External music video|type=single|{{YouTube|jCSJzw6QM_Q|"Heaven Is a Halfpipe"}}}} }} "'''Heaven Is a Halfpipe'''" (also known as "'''Heaven Is a Halfpipe (If I Die)'''"<ref name="US"/>) is a song by American rock band OPM. It was included on their debut studio album, ''Menace to Sobriety'' (2000), and was released on June 27, 2000, as its lead single.
The song peaked at number 18 on the US ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and was a top-40 hit in several other nations, including the United Kingdom, where it reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. It was the 33rd-best-selling single of 2001 in the UK, earning a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales and streams of over 400,000. The song was re-recorded in 2012 for the ''Heaven Can Wait'' EP.
==Content== {{original research|section|date=May 2018}} "Heaven Is a Halfpipe" is about a man who loves skateboarding,<ref name="auto"/> getting high and being free. He imagines Heaven being like a half-pipe, where he does not have to worry about the police ruining his good time ("'Cause right now on Earth I can't do jack / without the man upon my back"). The trick skills of professional skateboarders Christian Hosoi and Mike McGill are mentioned during the bridge ("Like Christian Hosoi way back in '87" / "We'll be busting Christ airs until we get to heaven" / "With all your rules, you gots to chill" / "I'm gonna twist out like Mike McGill" / "I'm gonna twist out cos I got the skills").<ref name="vice">{{cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/we-spoke-to-opm-about-15-years-of-heaven-is-a-halfpipe/|title='If I Die Before I Wake': We Spoke to OPM About 15 Years of "Heaven is a Halfpipe"|last=Joshi|first=Tara|date=October 15, 2015|work=VICE|access-date=September 20, 2022}}</ref>
==Music video== The music video features OPM doing skateboarding tricks on a large half-pipe and flying around. At the end of the video, they perform to a crowd.<ref>{{YouTube|title=OPM "Heaven Is a Halfpipe"|id=jCSJzw6QM_Q}}</ref> One man in the audience also wears a white T-shirt that says "FREE CHRISTIAN HOSOI", in reference to Hosoi's arrest in January 2000 for attempting to transport nearly 1.5 lb of crystal methamphetamine from Los Angeles to Honolulu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.50-50.com/absorb/articles/2001/hosoi_sentenced.shtml|title=Christian Hosoi Sentenced – 2001|website=50-50.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613002505/http://www.50-50.com/absorb/articles/2001/hosoi_sentenced.shtml|archive-date=June 13, 2009}}</ref>
==Track listings== '''UK CD and cassette single; Australian CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Heaven Is a Halfpipe|year=2001|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Atlantic Records|id=AT0107CD, 7567-84976-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Heaven Is a Halfpipe|year=2000|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Atlantic Records|id=AT0107C, 7567-84976-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Heaven Is a Halfpipe|year=2000|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Atlantic Records|id=7567849762}}</ref> # "Heaven Is a Halfpipe" (album version) – 4:18 # "Space People" – 3:45 # "Group Therapy" – 2:21
'''German CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Heaven Is a Halfpipe|year=2001|type=German CD single liner notes|publisher=Atlantic Records|id=7567-85156-2}}</ref> # "Heaven Is a Halfpipe" (clean album version) – 4:18 # "Space People" – 3:45
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2000–2001) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Australiapandora|59|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue572.pdf|rowheader=true|access-date=December 22, 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} |- {{single chart|Austria|5|artist=OPM|song=Heaven Is a Halfpipe|rowheader=true|access-date=September 25, 2024}} |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-07-21.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=19|issue=30|page=11|date=July 21, 2001|access-date=August 24, 2020}}</ref> |16 |- {{single chart|Germany|20|artist=OPM|song=Heaven Is a Halfpipe|songid=4647|rowheader=true|access-date=September 25, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Ireland2|9|song=Heaven Is a Halfpipe|rowheader=true|access-date=September 25, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|87|artist=OPM|song=Heaven Is a Halfpipe|rowheader=true|access-date=September 25, 2024}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|30|artist=OPM|song=Heaven Is a Halfpipe|rowheader=true|access-date=September 25, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Scotland|3|date=20010714|rowheader=true|access-date=September 25, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Sweden|19|artist=OPM|song=Heaven Is a Halfpipe|rowheader=true|access-date=September 25, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|37|artist=OPM|song=Heaven Is a Halfpipe|rowheader=true|access-date=September 25, 2024}} |- {{single chart|UK|4|date=20010714|rowheader=true|access-date=September 25, 2024}} |- !scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref name="US">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-airplay/2000-09-02/|title=Alternative Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=September 2, 2000|url-access=subscription|access-date=August 5, 2023}}</ref> |18 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2000) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most Played Modern Rock Songs of 2000|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=8|issue=51|page=38|date=December 22, 2000}}</ref> |99 |} {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2001) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2001|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2001|language=de|access-date=August 24, 2020}}</ref> |52 |- !scope="row"|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2001|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2001|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=May 24, 2018}}</ref> |100 |- !scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allcharts.org/music/years/ireland-singles-2001.htm|title=Ireland – Top Singles for 2001|publisher=Allcharts|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505011812/http://allcharts.org/music/years/ireland-singles-2001.htm|archivedate=May 5, 2012|access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref> |47 |- !scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2001.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2001|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=May 24, 2018}}</ref> |33 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=OPM|title=Heaven Is a Halfpipe|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2018|id=2818-750-1|access-date=August 24, 2020}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=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"|United States |June 27, 2000 |Alternative radio |rowspan="3"|Atlantic |<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-06-23.pdf|title=Alternative: Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1356|page=114|date=June 23, 2000|access-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Australia |October 2000 |CD |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue566.PDF|title=Singles|publisher=ARIA|page=2|date=January 1, 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue566.PDF|archive-date=February 20, 2002|access-date=December 22, 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |July 2, 2001 |{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2001/Music-Week-2001-06-30.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting July 2, 2001: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=June 30, 2001|access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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