Hands to Heaven

"Hands to Heaven"
Single by Breathe
from the album All That Jazz
B-side	"Life and Times"
Released	20 October 1987
Genre	Pop adult contemporary
Length	4:18
Label	Siren, A&M
Songwriter(s)	David Glasper, Marcus Lillington
Producer(s)	Bob Sargeant
Breathe singles chronology
"All That Jazz" (1987) "Hands to Heaven" (1987) "Any Trick" (1988)

"Hands to Heaven" is a ballad by English new wave band Breathe, taken from their debut studio album, All That Jazz (1987). The song released as their fifth UK single on 20 October 1987 by A&M Records and as the band's second single in the US the following year. It was written by group members David Glasper and Marcus Lillington, and produced by Bob Sargeant. The B-side features an instrumental track "Life and Times".

"Hands to Heaven" was Breathe's breakthrough hit internationally. The single peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1988.^[1] That same month in the United States, it logged two weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also reached No. 2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.^[2] "Hands to Heaven" also became a top-10 hit in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and Norway.