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词条 Spirit in the Sky
释义

  1. Original version by Norman Greenbaum

  2. Chart performance

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

  3. Cover versions and samples

     Doctor & the Medics version  Gareth Gates (with the Kumars) version  Track listing  Charts 

  4. References

  5. External links

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| name = Spirit in the Sky
| cover = Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Norman Greenbaum
| album = Spirit in the Sky
| B-side = Milk Cow
| released = {{plainlist|
  • December 1969 (UK)
  • January 1970 (US)

}}
| format = 7" single
| recorded = 1969
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Psychedelic rock,[1] hard rock,[2] gospel[2][2]
| length = 3:57
| label = Reprise 0885
Reprise RS20885 (UK)
| writer = Norman Greenbaum
| producer = Erik Jacobsen
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Audio sample
| type = single
| file = Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky.ogg
| description = "Spirit in the Sky"
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"Spirit in the Sky" is a song written and originally recorded[3] 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 Billboard Hot 100 chart (April 18, 1970), where it lasted for 15 weeks in the Top 100. Billboard ranked the record the No. 22 song of 1970.[4] 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.

Original version by Norman Greenbaum

"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."[3]

Greenbaum had previously been a member of psychedelic jug band Dr. 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[5] 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.[3]

The resulting sound was an "oddly compelling" combination of gospel and hard rock music,[3] 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.[3] 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.[3] "Spirit in the Sky" became a worldwide hit, and was at the time the best-selling single ever for the Reprise label.[3]

There is a music video with Greenbaum singing the song.[7]

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'."[8]

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1970)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[9]1
Canadian RPM Top Singles[10]1
Irish Singles Chart[11]1
UK (Official Charts Company)[12]1
US Billboard Hot 100[13]3
US Cash Box Top 100[14]1
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Year-end charts

Chart (1970)Rank
Australia[15]4
Canada[16]19
US Billboard Hot 100[17]22
US Cash Box [18]1
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Cover versions and samples

{{Infobox song
| name = Spirit in the Sky
| cover = Doctor and the Medics - Spirit in the Sky.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Doctor and the Medics
| album = Laughing at the Pieces
| B-side = Laughing at the Pieces
| released = July 20, 1986
| format = 7 in
| recorded = 1986
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Neo-psychedelia,[19] new wave[20]
| length = 3:28
| label =
| writer = Norman Greenbaum
| producer =
| prev_title = The Miracle of the Age
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Burn
| next_year = 1986
}}Elton John covered "Spirit in the Sky" in 1969.[21]

A version by Dorothy Combs Morrison reached #47 in Canada in November 1970.[22]

Bauhaus covered "Spirit in the Sky" on their 1983 single "Sanity Assassin".[23] 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.[24] The song was covered by DC Talk for Jesus: Music from & Inspired by the Epic Mini Series soundtrack and was released as a B side with LeAnn Rimes' song "I Need You".[25][26]

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.[27]Goldfrapp sampled the song for their single "Ooh La La".[28]

Doctor & the Medics version

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Chart (1986)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[29]3
Canadian RPM Top Singles[30]1
Ireland (IRMA)[31]1
Italy (FIMI)[32]6
US Billboard Hot 100[33]69
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[33]27

Gareth Gates (with the Kumars) version

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| name = Spirit in the Sky
| cover = Gareth Gates - Spirit in the Sky.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Gareth Gates with The Kumars
| album = Go Your Own Way
| B-side = {{ubl|"Dance Again"|"Will You Wait for Me?"}}
| released = March 14, 2003
| format = CD single
| recorded = 2003
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 3:29
| label = Sony BMG, RCA
| writer = Norman Greenbaum
| producer = Steve Mac
| prev_title = What My Heart Wants to Say
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Sunshine
| next_year = 2003
}}

"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

UK CD1
  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

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Chart (2003)Peak
position

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://musicremedy.com/j/jason-mraz/songs/spirit-in-the-sky-45877.html |title=Jason Mraz – Spirit In The Sky |author=Jermy Leeuwis |publisher=MusicRemedy |accessdate= 24 June 2013}} "Jason Mraz's new song is a bluesy, gospel-influenced version of Norman Greenbaum's 1970 psychedelic rock anthem 'Spirit in the Sky.'"
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/spirit-in-the-sky-mt0026937564 |title=Spirit in the Sky on Allmusic |first= Richie|last= Unterberger |work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |accessdate=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 ..."
3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E6D71131F937A15751C1A9609C8B63 |work=The New York Times |title=A ‘Spirit' From the '60s That Won't Die |first=Tom |last=McNichol |date=December 24, 2006 |accessdate=March 13, 2018}}
4. ^Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970
5. ^Michael Goldberg, [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/sopwith-camel-19870910 Sopwith Camel: Where Are They Now?]. Rolling Stone, September 10, 1987. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
6. ^{{cite web|title = HOME|url = http://www.spiritguitar.com|website = www.spiritguitar.com|access-date = January 22, 2016}}
7. ^{{YouTube|id=o49FhjfLbco}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.christianorder.com/editorials/editorials_2011/editorials_feb11.html |title=Christian Order - Read - Editorials - February 2011|publisher=Christianorder.com |accessdate=July 18, 2013}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus70.htm |title=Australia n°1 Hits - 70's |publisher=Worldcharts.co.uk |accessdate=June 10, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424142031/http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus70.htm |archivedate=April 24, 2014 |df= }}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3789&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3 |title=Spirit in the sky in Canadian Singles Chart |publisher=Library and Archives Canada |accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Spirit in the sky in Irish Chart |publisher=IRMA |accessdate=June 1, 2013}} Only one result when searching "Norman Greenbaum"
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/1970-05-02/ |title=1970 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive - 2nd May 1970|publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/spirit-in-the-sky-mw0000588123/awards |title=Spirit in the Sky awards on Allmusic |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=June 1, 2013}}
14. ^Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 9, 1970
15. ^David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305064644/http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ |date=March 5, 2016 }}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3740&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3740.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3740|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|work=collectionscanada.gc.ca}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1970.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1970/Top 100 Songs of 1970 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=October 2, 2016}}
18. ^Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1970
19. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/laughing-at-the-pieces-mw0000691587 |title= Laughing at the Pieces review on Allmusic |first= Ted|last= Mills |work= Allmusic |publisher= Rovi Corporation |accessdate= June 24, 2013}}
20. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/doctor-the-medics-mn0000794190 |title= Doctor & the Medics biography on Allmusic |first= Michael|last= Sutton |work= Allmusic |publisher= Rovi Corporation |accessdate= June 24, 2013}} "new wave remake of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky""
21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Elton-John-Legendary-Covers-6970/release/6311993|title= Elton John – Legendary Covers '69/'70|accessdate=June 17, 2015}}
22. ^title RPM Magazine
23. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.whosampled.com/cover/view/146902/Bauhaus-Spirit%20in%20the%20Sky_Norman%20Greenbaum-Spirit%20in%20the%20Sky/ |title= Bauhaus's Spirit in the Sky cover of Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the Sky |publisher= WhoSampled.com |accessdate= July 18, 2013}}
24. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/electric-barnyard-mw0000674539 |title= Electric Barnyard review on Allmusic |first= Brian|last= Mansfield|work= Allmusic |publisher= Rovi Corporation |accessdate= July 18, 2013}}
25. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004S57L |title= Jesus: Music From & Inspired by the Epic Mini Series: Patrick Williams, Various Artists: Music |publisher= Amazon.com |accessdate= September 27, 2011}}
26. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004VVW7 |title= I Need You / Spirit in the Sky: Leann Rimes, Dc Talk: Music |publisher= Amazon.com |accessdate=September 27, 2011}}
27. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/everything-is-different-now-mw0001959612 |title= Everything Is Different Now review on Allmusic |first= Jared|last= Johnson |work= Allmusic |publisher= Rovi Corporation |accessdate= July 18, 2013}}
28. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/83252/Goldfrapp-Ooh%20La%20La_Norman%20Greenbaum-Spirit%20in%20the%20Sky/ |title= Goldfrapp's Ooh La La sample of Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the Sky |publisher= WhoSampled.com |accessdate= July 18, 2013}}
29. ^{{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|edition=illustrated|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}
30. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0740&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3 |title= Spirit in the sky in Canadian Singles Chart |publisher= Library and Archives Canada |accessdate= June 1, 2013}}
31. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title= Spirit in the sky in Irish Chart |publisher= IRMA |accessdate= June 1, 2013}} 2nd result when searching "Doctor and the Medics"
32. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1986.htm |title= The best-selling singles of 1986 in Italy |publisher= HitParadeItalia (it) |accessdate= June 1, 2013}}
48. Spirit in the sky - Doctor and the Medics [No. 6]
33. ^1 {{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/doctor-the-medics-mn0000794190/awards |title= Doctor & the Medics awards on Allmusic |publisher= Allmusic |accessdate= June 1, 2013}}

External links

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