Hungry for Heaven

Infobox Single
Name = Hungry for Heaven


Artist = Dio
from Album = Sacred Heart
B-side = King of Rock and Roll Like the Beat of a Heart (live)
Released = October 1985
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded = September 13, 1985 (live recordings) Philadelphia, USA Rumbo Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 4:10
Label = Vertigo Records
Writer = Ronnie James Dio, Jimmy Bain
Producer = Ronnie James Dio
Chart position = * #30 (US Mainstream Rock Tracks)
Last single = "Rock 'N' Roll Children" (1985)
This single = "Hungry for Heaven" (1985)
Next single = "Dio Live" (1985)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Lower caption = International version
Type = Single

Song infobox
Name = Hungry for Heaven

Artist = Dio
Album = Sacred Heart
Released = August, 1985
track_no = 5
Recorded = 1985
Rumbo Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 4:10
Label = Vertigo Records
Writer = Ronnie James Dio, Jimmy Bain
Producer = Ronnie James Dio
prev = "Rock 'N' Roll Children"
prev_no = 4
next = "Like the Beat of a Heart"
next_no = 6

"Hungry for Heaven" was the seventh single released by heavy metal band Dio and the second single from their 1985 LP, "Sacred Heart". Many different versions of the single exist; the original UK release had the B-side songs "King of Rock and Roll" and a live version of "Like the Beat of a Heart". An international version, however, had live versions of the songs "Holy Diver" and "Rainbow in the Dark" on the B-side, with a different sleeve design. [cite web |url=http://www.dio.net/biography/discography/Dio_May1983-Mar1986_12.html |title=Tapio's Ronnie James Dio Pages: Dio 12" Single Discography, May 1983-March 1986 |author=Tapio Keihänen |publisher=Dio.net |accessdate=2007-03-08] The Australian release featured "The Last in Line" on the B-side, but this may have been a promotional release. [cite web |url=http://www.dio.net/biography/discography/Dio_May1983-Mar1986_7.html |title=Tapio's Ronnie James Dio Pages: Dio 7" Single Discography, May 1983-March 1986 |author=Tapio Keihänen |publisher=Dio.net |accessdate=2007-03-08]

This song also made an appearance in the 1985 movie "Vision Quest".

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