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'Spirit in the Sky' is a song written and originally recorded^[2] by Norman Greenbaum and released in late 1969. The single became a gold record, selling two million copies from 1969 to 1970, and reached number three on the US BillboardHot 100 chart (April 18, 1970), where it lasted for 15 weeks in the Top 100, and #1 on WCFL on 16 March 1970^[4] and on WLS on 23 March 1970,^[5] just before Easter. Billboard ranked the record the No. 22 song of 1970.^[6] It also climbed to number one on the UK, Australian and Canadian charts in 1970. Rolling Stone ranked 'Spirit in the Sky' No. 333 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was featured on the 1969 album of the same name. Cover versions by Doctor and the Medics and Gareth Gates have also made the number 1 spot in the UK.

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• 2Chart performance
• 3Cover versions and samples
  • 3.2Gareth Gates (with the Kumars) version

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Original version by Norman Greenbaum[edit]

'Spirit in the Sky' makes several religious references to Jesus, although Greenbaum is Jewish. In a 2006 interview with the New York Times, Greenbaum told a reporter he was inspired to write the song after watching Porter Wagoner singing a gospel song on TV. Greenbaum said: 'I thought, 'Yeah, I could do that,' knowing nothing about gospel music, so I sat down and wrote my own gospel song. It came easy. I wrote the words in 15 minutes.'^[2]

Greenbaum had previously been a member of psychedelicjug bandDr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band. When they split up he won a solo contract with producer Erik Jacobsen for Reprise Records. Jacobsen had previously worked with The Lovin' Spoonful and the song was included on Greenbaum's first solo album. The song's arrangement came together in the studio in San Francisco where lead guitarist Russell DaShiell, bass player Doug Killmer from the band Crowfoot and drummer Norman Mayell from the band Sopwith Camel^[7] worked with Greenbaum. According to the New York Times article, Greenbaum used a Fender Telecaster guitar with a fuzz box built into the body to generate the song's characteristic guitar sound.^[2]

The resulting sound was an 'oddly compelling' combination of gospel and hard rock music,^[2] with loud drums, distorted electric guitar, clapping hands, and tambourines. The production team brought in the Stovall Sisters, an Oakland-based gospel trio, to sing backing vocals.^[2] Because of the song's length and lyrics, the record company was initially reluctant to issue it, but was finally released as a single after two other singles from the album had poor sales.^[2] 'Spirit in the Sky' became a worldwide hit, and was at the time the best-selling single ever for the Reprise label.^[2]

There is a music video with Greenbaum singing the song.^[8]

About the song, Greenbaum has been quoted as saying, 'It sounds as fresh today as when it was recorded. I’ve gotten letters from funeral directors telling me that it's their second-most-requested song to play at memorial services, next to 'Danny Boy'.'^[9]

Greenbaum's version appears in a 2019TV commercial for Budweiser.^[10]

Chart performance[edit]

Cover versions and samples[edit]

Elton John covered 'Spirit in the Sky' in 1969.^[30]

A version by Dorothy Combs Morrison reached #47 in Canada in November 1970.^[31]

Bauhaus covered 'Spirit in the Sky' on their 1983 single 'Sanity Assassin'.^[32] In 1986 the group Doctor and the Medics reached No. 1 in the UK singles chart with their version of the song, while the same year punk band Fuzzbox released their own less successful version.

Nina Hagen covered 'Spirit in the Sky' on her àlbum Nina Hagen in Ekstasy.

In 1991, The Kentucky Headhunters covered 'Spirit in the Sky' on their album, Electric Barnyard.^[33] The song was covered by DC Talk for Jesus: Music from & Inspired by the Epic Mini Seriessoundtrack and was released as a B side with LeAnn Rimes' song 'I Need You'.^[34][35]

Howard Stern and his in-studio band The Losers performed the song in 2002 as part of a Battle of the Bands with actor Corey Feldman's band Truth Movement. A humorous version of the song recorded to raise money for the charity Comic Relief by The Kumars with Gareth Gates also reached No. 1 in 2003 becoming the third version of this song to top the UK singles chart. Christian band Stellar Kart covered the song on their 2010 album, Everything Is Different Now.^[36]

Goldfrapp sampled the song for their single 'Ooh La La'.^[37]

Doctor & the Medics version[edit]

Gareth Gates (with the Kumars) version[edit]

'Spirit in the Sky' served as the first single from Pop Idol runner-up Gareth Gates' second studio album, Go Your Own Way. The single was released on March 14, 2003, and was the official Comic Relief charity single for 2003. The song features guest vocals from The Kumars. The song peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Gates' fourth number one single.

Track listing[edit]

UK CD1

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1. 'Spirit in the Sky' – 3:29
2. 'Dance Again' – 4:06
3. 'Spirit in the Sky' (Gareth Only Version) – 3:25
4. 'Spirit in the Sky' (Video) – 4:00

UK CD2

1. 'Spirit in the Sky' – 3:29
2. 'Will You Wait for Me?' – 4:13
3. 'Interview With Gareth' – 5:00

UK DVD

1. 'Spirit in the Sky' (Video) – 4:00
2. 'Dance Again' (Video) – 4:06
3. 'Spirit in the Sky' (Making of the Video) – 3:25

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

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2. ^ ^abcdefghiMcNichol, Tom (December 24, 2006). 'A 'Spirit' From the '60s That Won't Die'. The New York Times. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
3. ^Unterberger, Richie. 'Spirit in the Sky on Allmusic'. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 24, 2013. 'The handclaps and riffs ... simmered down a little to allow Greenbaum to sing a tune which really did sound like a genuine gospel song ...'
4. ^'WCFL Big 10 Countdown'. March 16, 1970. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
5. ^'WLS Radio 890 Hit Parade'. March 23, 1970. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
6. ^Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970
7. ^Michael Goldberg, Sopwith Camel: Where Are They Now?. Rolling Stone, September 10, 1987. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
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35. ^'I Need You / Spirit in the Sky: Leann Rimes, Dc Talk: Music'. Amazon.com. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
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External links[edit]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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