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{{Infobox song
| name       = Heaven Can Wait
| cover      = HeavenCanWait.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]] featuring [[Beck]]
| album      = [[IRM (album)|IRM]]
| released   = {{start date|2009|11|17}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]], [[indie pop]]
| length     = 2:42
| label      = [[Because Music|Because]]
| writer     = [[Beck]]
| producer   = [[Beck]]
| chronology = [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]]
| prev_title = 5:55
| prev_year  = 2007
| next_title = Time of the Assassins
| next_year  = 2010
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
| artist     = [[Beck]]
| type       = singles
| prev_title = [[Youthless]]
| prev_year  = 2008
| title      = Heaven Can Wait
| year       = 2009
| next_title = I Just Started Hating Some People Today
| next_year  = 2012
}}
}}
"'''Heaven Can Wait'''" is the first single by [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]] from her album [[IRM (album)|IRM]].  The song prominently features [[Beck]], who wrote the song and produced ''IRM'', on backing vocals. It was chosen as the [[iTunes]] Pick of the Week on March 2, 2010.<ref>Heringer, Mark (2010-03-02). [http://www.mark-heringer.com/2010/03/charlotte-gainsbourg-featuring-beck.html Charlotte Gainsbourg (featuring Beck) - Heaven Can Wait] www.mark-heringer.com. Retrieved 2010-06-14.</ref>
==Music video==
===Synopsis===
The music video for "Heaven Can Wait" was directed by [[Keith Schofield]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://pitchfork.com/features/directors-cut/8536-directors-cut-charlotte-gainsbourg-and-beck-heaven-can-wait-video/|title= Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck: "Heaven Can Wait" Video|date= January 15, 2010|access-date= December 17, 2023|first= Ryan|last= Dombal|work= Pitchfork}}</ref>  Various scenes are featured as [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]] and [[Beck]] sing: a dinosaur in a wig (in a bathtub), a giant rat getting held up at knife point, a man in a [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|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 [[Pitchfork Media]]'s ''Top Music Videos of 2009''.<ref>(2009-11-30). [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7737-the-top-music-videos-of-2009/1/ The Top Music Videos of 2009] [[Pitchfork Media]]. Retrieved 2010-06-26.</ref> It was also placed at #16 on the ''"Top 20 Best Music Videos of 2009"'' by ''[[Spin (magazine)|SPIN]]''.<ref>Reilly, Phoebe (2009-01-14). [https://www.spin.com/2009/12/20-best-videos-2009/ The 20 Best Videos of 2009] ''[[Spin (magazine)|SPIN]]''. Retrieved 2010-06-14.</ref>
==Track listing==
*'''UK CD single'''<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Charlotte-Gainsbourg-Featuring-Beck-Heaven-Can-Wait/release/2261271 Charlotte Gainsbourg Featuring Beck&nbsp;– Heaven Can Wait] [[Discogs]]. Retrieved 2010-06-14.</ref>
# "Heaven Can Wait"&nbsp;– 2:42
# "Heaven Can Wait ([[Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear musician)|Chris Taylor]] Of [[Grizzly Bear (band)|Grizzly Bear Remix)]]"&nbsp;– 2:15
# "Heaven Can Wait ([[Nosaj Thing]] Remix)	"&nbsp;– 3:17
# "Heaven Can Wait (Jackson Escalator Remix)"&nbsp;– 7:05
==Awards==
{| class=wikitable
|- style="background:#ccc;"
!Year
!Category
!Result
|- style="background:#ddd;"
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| '''Antville Music Video Awards'''<ref>(2009-01-29). [http://www.promonews.tv/2009/12/29/antville-music-video-awards-2009-the-winners/ Antville Music Video Awards 2009: the winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515220926/http://www.promonews.tv/2009/12/29/antville-music-video-awards-2009-the-winners/ |date=2013-05-15 }} ''PromoNews''. Retrieved 2010-06-27.</ref>
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|2009
|Best Music Video of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Art Direction
|{{won}}
|}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (2009)
!align="left"|Peak<br />Position
|-
|align="left"|[[Ultratop#Ultratip|Belgian Tip Chart (Flanders)]]<ref name="ultratop">[https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/9c2b1/Charlotte-Gainsbourg-&-Beck-Heaven-Can-Wait Charlotte Gainsbourg & Beck - Heaven Can Wait] [[Ultratop]]. Retrieved 2010-06-14.</ref>
|align="center"|22
|-
|align="left"|[[Ultratop|Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)]]<ref name="ultratop"/>
|align="center"|34
|-
|align="left"|[[Japan Hot 100|Japan Hot 100 Singles]]<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=charlotte gainsbourg|chart=all}} Heaven Can Wait - Charlotte Gainsbourg] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. Retrieved 2010-06-14.</ref>
|align="center"|61
|}
==References==
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{{Charlotte Gainsbourg}}
{{Beck}}
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[[Category:2009 singles]]
[[Category:Charlotte Gainsbourg songs]]
[[Category:Beck songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Beck]]
[[Category:Male–female vocal duets]]
[[Category:2009 songs]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Keith Schofield]]