"Spirit in the Sky" is a song written and originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum and released in late 1969. The single sold two million copies in 1969-1970 and reached number three in the U.S. Billboard chart (April 18, 1970) where it listed for 15 weeks in the Top 100. It also climbed to number one on the UK, Australian and Canadian charts in 1970. Rolling Stone ranked "Spirit in the Sky" #333 on their 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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Famous quotes containing the words spirit and/or sky:
“What would you prefer? Am I to come to you with a stick, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?”
—Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 4:21.
“The sky is silent too,
Hard as granite and as fixed as fate.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)