Spirit in the Sky 🎶

Posted on February 21, 2019 | 20 Comments

Jewish Atheist here, but yep I love this fun, upbeat song by Norman Greenbaum, also Jewish, who listened to some Gospel music in 1969 and thought hey I could write a song like that. And so he did and it became a monster hit. ⭐️

Funny side note. I read Jennifer Crusie’s Welcome to Temptation around Y2K and thought hey I too could write a sexy fun contemporary romance novel in a similar irreverent snarky voice. And so I did and nothing happened. 🙄

Here’s the song.

These songs are for Bee’s month of music prompts. 🌹

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20 responses to “Spirit in the Sky 🎶”

  1. David Redpath | February 21, 2019 at 1:20 am | Reply

    Had this on a 45 RPM way back then.
    For a Jewish boy, Norman Greenbaum’s
    career had several unusual reincarnations😎

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  2. Nova | February 21, 2019 at 4:18 am | Reply

    That song is fantastic!!!!

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  4. newepicauthor | February 21, 2019 at 7:24 am | Reply

    This song always makes me want to sing along with it.

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  5. ghostmmnc | February 21, 2019 at 9:02 am | Reply

    Super song! I still have my 45 record of this one. 🙂

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  6. Bee Halton | February 21, 2019 at 10:37 am | Reply

    What a brilliant choice. That song makes me smile in whatever version I hear it 🙋🐝

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  7. pensitivity101 | February 21, 2019 at 11:35 am | Reply

    Always loved this, the original version. One of the first I bought when I started working, and I played it forever!!!!

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  8. aguycalledbloke | February 21, 2019 at 1:24 pm | Reply

    Hey Paula,

    I have just gifted you the Random Acts of Kindness award as a thank you for being you 🙂

    https://aguycalledbloke.blog/2019/02/21/r-a-k-a-award/

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  9. pvcann | February 21, 2019 at 8:18 pm | Reply

    So, have you reworked that novel?

    Liked by 1 person

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