Closest Thing to Heaven

"Closest Thing to Heaven"
Single by Tears for Fears
from the album Everybody Loves a Happy Ending
Released	21 February 2005 (2005-02-21)[1]
Genre	New wave
Length	3:36 (album version) 3:22 (UK radio mix)
Label	New Door Gut
Songwriter(s)	Roland Orzabal Curt Smith Charlton Pettus
Producer(s)	Tears for Fears Charlton Pettus
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Falling Down" (1996) "Closest Thing to Heaven" (2005) "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending" / "Call Me Mellow" (2005)

"Closest Thing to Heaven" is a song by English pop rock band Tears for Fears. In the UK, it was released as the first single from their sixth studio album, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending (2004) and was the first single to feature both original members, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, since 1990.

The song was Tears for Fears' first UK top-40 hit since "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" in 1995, reaching number 40 on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached number 12 in Finland and number 38 in the Netherlands.