| Heaven Can Wait | |
| Cover: | HeavenCanWait.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Charlotte Gainsbourg featuring Beck |
| Album: | IRM |
| Genre: | Alternative rock, indie pop |
| Length: | 2:42 |
| Label: | Because |
| Producer: | Beck |
| Chronology: | Charlotte Gainsbourg |
| Prev Title: | 5:55 |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Time of the Assassins |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
"Heaven Can Wait" is the first single by Charlotte Gainsbourg from her album IRM. The song prominently features Beck, who wrote the song and produced IRM, on backing vocals. It was chosen as the iTunes Pick of the Week on March 2, 2010.[1]
The music video for "Heaven Can Wait" was directed by Keith Schofield.[2] Various scenes are featured as Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck sing: a dinosaur in a wig (in a bathtub), a giant rat getting held up at knife point, a man in a SpongeBob costume getting tackled by the police, an astronaut with pancakes for a head, a man racing a flying axe, and another man with half a beard.
The music video for "Heaven Can Wait" was included on Pitchfork Media's Top Music Videos of 2009.[3] It was also placed at #16 on the "Top 20 Best Music Videos of 2009" by SPIN.[4]
| Year | Category | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antville Music Video Awards[6] | ||||
| 2009 | Best Music Video of the Year | |||
| Best Art Direction | ||||
| Chart (2009) | Peak Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Belgian Tip Chart (Flanders)[7] | 22 | |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) | 34 | |
| Japan Hot 100 Singles[8] | 61 |