"Heaven on My Mind" is a song by British singer-songwriter Becky Hill and record producer Sigala. It was released on 25 June 2020 as the second single from her debut studio album, Only Honest on the Weekend. The music video for the song, directed by Rebekah Bird, accompanied the song's release and was premiered on the release date.

"Heaven on My Mind"
Single by Becky Hill and Sigala
from the album Only Honest on the Weekend and Every Cloud – Silver Linings
Released25 June 2020 (2020-06-25)
Recorded2017–2020
Length3:13
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Becky Hill singles chronology
"Nothing Really Matters"
(2020)
"Heaven on My Mind"
(2020)
"Space"
(2020)
Sigala singles chronology
"We Got Love"
(2019)
"Heaven on My Mind"
(2020)
"Lasting Lover"
(2020)
Music video
"Heaven on My Mind" on YouTube

Background

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In a live conversation with Becky Hill, prior to the song's release in June 2020, Sigala opened up about the song's creative process. He said, "I took some people away with me on a songwriting camp in Thailand. I think it was 3 years ago. I wrote it with Ida Botten, Jason Pebworth and Jarly. I loved when we first wrote it and then nothing ended up happening with it." Becky stated if it was going to be for his debut album Brighter Days, to which he responded, "Yeah. I kept working on production and trying different ideas and the next thing I know, Becky Hill's into it! Then you took it and worked on some bits for it as well."

Becky revealed that her, MNEK and Ryan Ashley worked on the song further before it was released. "The drop changed as well. That took a while to get through.", she elaborated. She also dove into what the song was about to her, "Last year was such a horrible year for me. It was weird because my job was going really well. We just put out stuff well that got into the charts and was doing well. Then you flew me out to Jordan and did this incredible video shoot. So work life was going really well, but my personal life was kind of falling to bits. My grandad died and I fell out with friends, went through a break up and moved house and it all happened at once. And then, you put that song in front of me and I liked it because it was never going to be a song I would've written at the time. I was so miserable last year that this song came through and I was like "Oh wait, I can be happy and there is a light at the end of the tunnel" and I really liked that idea of it. When it came to me, me Uzo and Ryan did our work on it and then it all happened."[1]

On 18 June 2020, a week before the song's release, there were sightings of the song exclusively on Tidal, as well as a tweet to announce the song, before both got quickly taken down.

Music video

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The music video for "Heaven on My Mind" was uploaded and premiered onto Becky's YouTube account on 25 June 2020.[2] It was directed by Rebekah Bird.[3]

Charts

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Chart (2020) Peak
position
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[4] 17
Ireland (IRMA)[5] 19
Scotland (OCC)[6] 13
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 14
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[8] 46

Certifications

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Certifications for "Heaven on My Mind"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[9] Gold 35,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[10] Gold 20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Platinum 600,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Becky Hill on Instagram: "me & @sigalamusic had a chat about our new single & i tried some insta filters..."".
  2. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Becky Hill, Sigala - Heaven On My Mind (Official Video). YouTube.
  3. ^ "Becky Hill - Heaven on My Mind - video Dailymotion". 23 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Becky Hill Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  9. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2023 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Brazilian single certifications – Becky Hill – Heaven on My Mind" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  11. ^ "British single certifications – Becky Hill & Sigala – Heaven on My Mind". British Phonographic Industry.