"Heaven Can Wait" is the first single by

Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (; born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French musician Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song "Lemon I ...

from her album IRM. The song prominently features

Beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi music, lo-fi style, and became ...

, who wrote the song and produced ''IRM'', on backing vocals. It was chosen as the

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Pick of the Week on March 2, 2010.

Music video

Synopsis

The music video for "Heaven Can Wait" was directed by

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. Various scenes are featured as

and

sing: a dinosaur in a wig (in a bathtub), a giant rat getting held up at knife point, a man in a SpongeBob costume getting tackled by the police, an astronaut with pancakes for a head, a man racing a flying axe, and another man with half a beard.

Reception

The music video for "Heaven Can Wait" was included on

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's ''Top Music Videos of 2009''. It was also placed at #16 on the ''"Top 20 Best Music Videos of 2009"'' by ''

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''.

Track listing

*UK CD singleCharlotte Gainsbourg Featuring Beck – Heaven Can Wait

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. Retrieved 2010-06-14. # "Heaven Can Wait" – 2:42 # "Heaven Can Wait ( Chris Taylor Of Grizzly Bear Remix)" – 2:15 # "Heaven Can Wait (

Nosaj Thing Jason W. Chung (born January 27, 1985), better known as Nosaj Thing, is an American artist, record producer, and DJ based in Los Angeles, California. He has produced tracks for Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, Kid Cudi, Julianna Barwick, and i ...

Remix) " – 3:17 # "Heaven Can Wait (Jackson Escalator Remix)" – 7:05

Awards

Charts

References

{{authority control 2009 singles Charlotte Gainsbourg songs Beck songs Songs written by Beck Male–female vocal duets 2009 songs