If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away

"If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away"
Single by Justin Moore
from the album Outlaws Like Me
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)
GenreCountry
Length3:44
LabelValory Music Group
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jeremy Stover
Justin Moore singles chronology
"How I Got to Be This Way"
(2010)
"If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away"
(2011)
"Bait a Hook"
(2011)

"If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" is a song written by Dallas Davidson, Rob Hatch and Brett Jones. It was first recorded by American country music artist Rhett Akins, whose version was released as a single in September 2006 but did not chart. Justin Moore covered the song and released it as a single in February 2011 as the lead-off single to his second studio album Outlaws Like Me. Moore's cover is his fifth single release, his third top 10 hit, and his second number one single.