Wear Your Love Like Heaven

Donovan

About Wear Your Love Like Heaven

"Wear Your Love Like Heaven" is a song and US single by British singer-songwriter Donovan, released in 1967. It became the opening title of his 1967 double album A Gift from a Flower to a Garden. It reached chart position No. 23 in the USA. The song mentions seven dye and pigment colours: Prussian blue, scarlet, crimson, Havana lake, rose carmethene, alizarin crimson and carmine.


Year:
1967
2:27
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Color in sky, prussian blue
Scarlet fleece changes hue
Crimson ball sinks from view
Wear your love like heaven (wear your love like)
Wear your love like heaven (wear your love like)
Wear your love like heaven (wear your love)

Lord, kiss me once more
Fill me with song
Allah, kiss me once more
That I may, that I may 
Wear my love like heaven (wear my love like)
Wear my love like heaven (wear my love)
La-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la

Color sky, havana lake
Color sky, rose carmethene
Alizarin crimson
Wear your love like heaven (wear your love like)
Wear your love like heaven (wear your love like)
Wear your love like heaven (wear your love)

Lord, kiss me once more
Fill me with song
Allah, kiss me once more
That I may, that I may
Wear my love like heaven (wear my love like)
Wear my love like heaven (wear my love)
La-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la

Cannot believe what I see
All I have wished for will be
All our race proud and free
Wear your love like heaven (wear your love like)
Wear your love like heaven (wear your love like)
Wear your love like heaven (wear your love)

Lord, kiss me once more
Fill me with song
Allah, kiss me once more
That I may, that I may
Wear my love like heaven (wear my love like)
Wear my love like heaven (wear my love)
Carmine, carmine

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Donovan

Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch, 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist. Initially labelled as an imitator of Bob Dylan, Donovan quickly developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music (notably calypso). He has variously lived in Scotland, London, California and Ireland, and currently lives with his family in County Cork in Ireland. more »

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Written by: DONOVAN LEITCH

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15 facts about this song

Song Description
"Wear Your Love Like Heaven" is a single track from Donovan's 1967 double album, A Gift from a Flower to a Garden.
Artist Popularity
Donovan is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and guitarist who became widely known for a series of successful hit records in the late 1960s.
Songwriter
Donovan himself is the songwriter of this beautiful track, demonstrating his depth as an artist beyond just performing.
Song Theme
"Wear Your Love Like Heaven" is a tribute to the youth culture and flower power movement of the 1960s, with its vibrant and colourful imagery in the lyrics.
Popular Culture
The song was chosen by Futuroscope, a French theme park, as the main theme song for one of their night shows.
Original Album
"Wear Your Love Like Heaven" comes from the Donovan's first concept double-album, 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' which was actually a US release.
Visual Pleasure
The original album also included a set of 12 beautiful color postcards showing children with notes from Donovan to them on the back, one of these was an image of him wearing the "sky in his pocket".
Unique Composition
The track beautifully fuses elements of folk, pop and psychedelia, encapsulating the spirit of its time.
Crossover Influence
"Wear Your Love Like Heaven" has been covered by many artists throughout the years, showing its influence across the pop and rock genre.
Commercial Usage
Esteé Lauder released a perfume named after and inspired by Donovan's song.
Love Song
It is a love song, reflecting the colorful and passionate expressions of emotion that were characteristic of the late 1960s.
Painting References
The lyrics of the song draw several references to paints and painting, such as 'Colour sky Havana lake', 'Colour sky rose carmethene', etc, aligning to the theme of color and vibrancy.
Meaning
The song, with all its color references, signifies the idea of painting one's own world with the colors of love and positivity.
Album Success
The album from which the song is taken, reached No. 14 in the UK albums chart, and No. 19 in the US Billboard 200.
Musical Style
Showcasing a departure from Donovan's earlier folk sound, "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" utilizes lush instrumental arrangements.

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