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Written by: Greenbaum
Produced by: Erik Jacobsen
Released: Feb. '70 on Reprise
Charts: 15 weeks
Top spot: No. 3
Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky" was unusual at the time for its crunchy guitar sound, which came when a friend built a small fuzz box right into the body of Greenbaum's Fender Telecaster, as well as for its subject matter: Jesus and death. "I'm just some Jewish musician who really dug gospel music," Greenbaum said. "I decided there was a larger Jesus gospel market out there than a Jehovah one."
Appears on: Spirit in the Sky (Varese)