Editing Heaven 17 (section)

====1982–1983: ''The Luxury Gap'' and commercial success====
In October 1982, Heaven 17 released their new single "[[Let Me Go (Heaven 17 song)|Let Me Go]]", which charted just outside the UK Top 40<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> (but reached the Irish Top 30). However, in 1983 the band's fortunes changed. Their next single, "[[Temptation (Heaven 17 song)|Temptation]]" (on which they were augmented by vocalist [[Carol Kenyon]] and a studio orchestra), reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart in spring 1983 and became their biggest hit.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2005/06/07/glenn_gregory_interview.shtml |title=South Yorkshire&nbsp;– Entertainment&nbsp;– Glenn Gregory interview |publisher=BBC  |access-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> The song was taken from their second album, ''[[The Luxury Gap]]'', which featured further chart hits "[[Come Live with Me (Heaven 17 song)|Come Live with Me]]" (UK #5) and "[[Crushed by the Wheels of Industry]]" (UK #17).<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> The album itself charted at number 4 on the [[UK Albums Chart]], their highest ever position,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> and was certified platinum by the BPI in 1984.

[[File:Martyn Ware 2014.jpg|thumb|right|Martyn Ware on stage in 2014]]In the United States, their self-titled ''Heaven 17'' album was a re-working of ''Penthouse and Pavement'' with three songs deleted and replaced by "Let Me Go", "Who'll Stop the Rain", and "[[I'm Your Money]]" (along with a different mix of "[[The Height of the Fighting (He-La-Hu)|The Height of the Fighting]]"). American and Canadian [[New wave music|new wave]] audiences were most familiar with "Let Me Go", which received high rotation [[airplay]] on [[alternative rock]] and new wave format radio stations such as Los Angeles, California's [[KROQ-FM]], and [[Long Island]], New York's [[WLIR]], an [[CKOI-FM]] (Montreal), a regular Top Ten station, and additionally, frequent MTV exposure.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/martyn_ware_of_heaven_17|title=Martyn Ware of Heaven 17|publisher=Songfacts|access-date=5 November 2015}}</ref>