Heaven's Not for Saints

"Heaven's Not for Saints (Let It Go)" is a song by Morten Harket, released as a non-album single in 1996.

"Heaven's Not for Saints (Let It Go)"
Single by Morten Harket
Released	27 May 1996
Recorded	1996
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:28
Label	BMG Arista
Songwriter(s)	Morten Harket, Håvard Rem and Ole Sverre Olsen
Producer(s)	Steve Lovell
Morten Harket singles chronology
"Los Angeles" (1996) "Heaven's Not for Saints (Let It Go)" (1996) "Tilbake Til Livet" (1996)

The single was released in the UK and Norway only and was Harket's first release on the record label BMG Arista.^[1] It reached number 9 on the Norwegian charts.^[2]

It was performed as the opening act for Eurovision 1996, which Harket hosted with Ingvild Bryn.^[3]

Critical reception

Upon its release in the UK, Daniel Booth of Melody Maker called it "OK, in a melancholy Scandinavian version of sub-U2 navel-gazing kind of way".^[4]