Closest Thing to Heaven

“Closest Thing to Heaven” is a song released as the first single of Tears for Fears from their 2004 album Everybody Loves a Happy Ending and it is also the first single that features both original members Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith together since 1990.

The song was also Tears for Fears’ first UK top 40 hit since the 1995 single “Raoul and the Kings of Spain”. It also reached #12 on the Finland singles chart.

The video for “Closest Thing to Heaven” features the late Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy riding in a hot air balloon.

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