In 1995, the song was covered by Australian singer
Iva Davies and his band
Icehouse on
The Berlin Tapes, the
soundtrack album accompanying the ballet
Berlin, for which Icehouse performed live on stage. In 1996, the song was covered by American
jazz vocalist
Jimmy Scott on his album of the same name and the ''
My Sister's Keeper Soundtrack''. The song was covered by English singer
Eric Burdon of
the Animals on his 2004 album
My Secret Life and in 1985 by English band
Simply Red for their debut studio album
Picture Book. A German-language cover of the song, "Der Weg in die Ferne", was recorded by
Joachim Witt for his debut studio album
Silberblick (1980). In 1986,
Thomas Di Leva made a Swedish-language adaptation of the song, named "Himlen". It was recorded for his album
Pussel, and was also the
B-side of his single "Snurra bakåt!" Singer
Q Lazzarus covered "Heaven" for the 1993 film
Philadelphia (directed by
Jonathan Demme, who had filmed
Stop Making Sense). Her version was not available in its complete form until the release of the soundtrack from the documentary
Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus in 2025.
k.d. lang covered "Heaven" for her thirteenth studio album
Sing It Loud (2011).
The National contributed a cover of "Heaven" to the 2024 Talking Heads tribute album ''
Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense''. == References ==