Heaven Sent

Heaven Sent is a song recorded by American singer Keyshia Cole. It was written by Cole, Jason Farmer, Alex Francis, and Lamont Wilson for her second studio album Just like You (2007), while production was overseen by Francis and Farmer with additional credit by Ron Fair. The ballad was released as the album's fourth and final single in March 2008. "Heaven Sent" became cole's third chart topper on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and earned two Grammy Award nominations for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song. An accompanying music video was shot in Hawaii and is based on the poem "Footprints." Background "Heaven Sent" was written by Cole, Jason Farmer, Alex Francis, and Lamont Wilson. The lyrics of the ballad were inspired by Cole's cousin. Chart performance The song became Cole's third number one on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "Heaven Sent" remained nine consecutive weeks atop the chart. The song also peaked at number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Billboard ranked the song fourth on its Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs year-end chart in 2008. Music video