Heaven and Hell (Easybeats song)

"Heaven and Hell" is a 1967 song and single by Australian rock group The Easybeats, which was written by band members George Young and Harry Vanda. The song marked a changed in style for the group, influenced by the psychedelic and baroque pop of the time.

"Heaven and Hell"
Cover of the 1967 Netherlands single
Single by The Easybeats
B-side"Pretty Girl"
Released22 June 1967
RecordedOlympic Studios, London, 1967
GenreRock, psychedelic pop
Length2:38
LabelParlophone (Australia), United Artists Records
Songwriter(s)Harry Vanda and George Young
Producer(s)Glyn Johns
Easybeats Australian / UK singles chronology
"Who'll Be the One"
(1967)		 "Heaven and Hell"
(1967)		 "The Music Goes 'Round My Head"
(1967)
Easybeats US singles chronology
"Friday on My Mind"
(1966)		 "Heaven and Hell"
(1967)		 "Falling Off the Edge of the World"
(1967)

Controversy and releases

When the song was released worldwide in June 1967, it ran into censorship problems in some regions. In the U.K. it was banned by the BBC because of references to "discovering someone else in your bed".[1] In the U.S., United Artists feared record stations would also object to the line "discovering someone else in your bed". To play it safe, a censored version was recorded with a replacement line "discovering that your love has gone dead". The song appeared in Australia, briefly, in censored form but was soon released uncensored.[2]

The song performed disappointingly in the U.S and U.K. It charted in the U.S. on the Cashbox and Record World charts at #92 and #96 retrospectively. In the U.K. it reached #55 on Record Retailer's charts. In their home country of Australia it did much better, reaching #14 in Go-Set.

Track listing

Australia - Parlophone A-8224, U.K. - United Artists UP 1183, U.S. - United Artists UA 50187

  1. "Heaven And Hell" ( Harry Vanda, George Young) – 2:35
  2. "Pretty Girl " (Harry Vanda, George Young) – 2:28

Charts
Chart (1967) Peak
position
Australia Go-Set Charts 14
UK Record Retailer 55
US Cashbox 92
US Record World 96

References
  1. "Easygbeats Single" (PDF). Melody Maker. 15 July 1967. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. Tait, John (2010). Vanda & Young: Inside Australia's Hit Factory. Australia: University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 978-1-74223-217-1.
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