"King of Rock and Roll" (UK) "Hide in the Rainbow" (re-issue)
Released
October 4, 1985[1] May 9, 1986 (re-issue)[2]
Recorded
Rumbo Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre
Pop metal[3][4]
Length
4:10
Label
Vertigo
Songwriter(s)
Ronnie James Dio, Jimmy Bain
Producer(s)
Ronnie James Dio
Dio singles chronology
"Rock 'N' Roll Children" (1985)
"Hungry for Heaven" (1985)
"Dio Live" (1985)
Alternative cover
International version
"Hungry for Heaven" is the seventh single released by heavy metal band Dio. It was the second single from their 1985 LP Sacred Heart, although it was originally written for the movie Vision Quest, appearing both in the film and on the associated soundtrack album.
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.[5] The Australian release featured "The Last in Line" on the B-side.[6]
The single peaked at #30 on the Billboard Top Album Tracks chart. A different version of this song also made an appearance in the 1985 movie Vision Quest.
The song's main guitar riff was heavily inspired by The Who's song "Baba O'Riley".
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^Tapio Keihänen. "Tapio's Ronnie James Dio Pages: Dio 12" Single Discography, May 1983-March 1986". Dio.net. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
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