Spirit in the Sky
"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 No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (April 18, 1970), where it lasted for 15 weeks in the Top 100, and #1 on WCFL on March 16, 1970[4] and on WLS on March 23, 1970,[5] just before Easter. Billboard ranked the record the #22 song of 1970.[6] It also climbed to #1 on the UK, Australian and Canadian charts in 1970. Rolling Stone ranked "Spirit in the Sky" #333 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was featured on the ...read more