Heaven and Hell (The 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.

Controversy and releases

When the song was released worldwide in June 1967, it run into censorship problems in some regions. In the U.K. it was banned by the BBC due to the word "hell". In the U.S., United Artists feared record stations would 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.^[1]

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

"Heaven And Hell" ( Harry Vanda, George Young) – 2:35
"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

↑ Tait, John (2010). Vanda & Young: Inside Australia's Hit Factory. Australia: University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 978-1-74223-217-1.

The Easybeats

Dick Diamonde Harry Vanda Stevie Wright George Young Snowy Fleet Tony Cahill

Singles	"For My Woman" "She's So Fine" "Wedding Ring" "Sad and Lonely and Blue" "Woman" "Come And See Her" "Sorry" "Friday on My Mind" "Who'll Be The One" "Heaven and Hell" "Falling Off The Edge Of The World" "The Music Goes 'Round My Head" "Hello, How Are You?" "Good Times" "St. Louis" "Rock 'n' Roll Boogie"

Studio albums	Easy It's 2 Easy Volume 3 Good Friday Friday On My Mind Vigil Friends

Compilation albums	The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl The Best of The Easybeats Volume 2 The Shame Just Drained Absolute Anthology

Related articles	Ted Albert Albert Productions Shel Talmy Glyn Johns United Artists Records Australian rock

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