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Released on Mercury Records, also Livin’ on a Prayer (Bon Jovi), Space Oddity (David Bowie) and You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)
Written by Diane Warren, also Bed of Nails (Alice Cooper), Can’t Take That Away (Mariah’s theme) (Mariah Carey) and I Get Weak (Belinda Carlisle)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Diane Warren wrote 240 songs on fono
Diane Warren’s most frequent co-writer is Desmond Child (18 songs together)
Diane Warren first appears on fono in 1982, 16 years before this song
Credits
All 3 credits
- Written by
- Diane Warren
- Part of
- Time
- Released on
- Mercury Records
- Written by
- Diane Warren
- Part of
- Time
- Released on
- Mercury Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Diane Warren
Same label: Mercury Records
Same release: Time
Same writer: Diane Warren
Same label: Mercury Records
Same release: Time
Same writer: Diane Warren
Same label: Mercury Records
Elsewhere
Sources (4)
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1MusicBrainz Closest Thing to Heaven was written by Diane Warren
Closest Thing to Heaven was written by Diane Warren
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Closest Thing to Heaven is part of the release Time
Closest Thing to Heaven is part of the release Time
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Mercury Records is the label of the song Closest Thing to Heaven
Mercury Records is the label of the song Closest Thing to Heaven
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Closest Thing to Heaven was released on 1998-06-23
Closest Thing to Heaven was released on 1998-06-23
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026