“Spirit In The Sky” #3 4/18/1970

Here’s quite the rarity - a rock one-hit wonder with Christian overtones, done by a Jewish dude. Norman Greenbaum was part of a band that had a 1966 tune titled “The Eggplant That Ate Chicago.” After that foray, he was channel surfing one night and ran across Porter Wagoner doing a gospel song. Norman thought, “I could write one like that.” He referred to Jesus because he felt that would make it more mainstream. It worked. This gets requested at funerals all the time. Go figure.