![]() [15 PDF + 8 MP3 + 3 MIDI]. "For 17 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music. If you use and like Free-scores.com, thank you to consider. "Spirit in the Sky" is a song written and originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum and released in late 1969. The single became a gold record, selling two million. Free sheet music RECORDERPage 1/2', WIDTH, 4. DELAY,0, OFFSETX, 2. OFFSETY, - 2. 00, BALLOON, false, BORDERWIDTH, 1, PADDING, 3)"; on. "For 17 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music. If you use and like Free-scores.com, thank you to consider support donation.Mouse. Out="Un. Tip()"> •Page 2/2', WIDTH, 4. DELAY,0, OFFSETX, 2. OFFSETY, - 2. 00, BALLOON, false, BORDERWIDTH, 1, PADDING, 3)"; on. Mouse. Out="Un. Tip()" class=gj. Spirit in the Sky - Wikipedia. For a deity whose portfolio includes or is limited to the sky, see Spirit of the sky."Spirit in the Sky" is a song written and originally recorded[4] by Norman Greenbaum and released in late 1. The single became a gold record, selling two million copies from 1. US Billboard. Hot 1. April 1. 8, 1. 97. Top 1. 00. Billboard ranked the record the No. It also climbed to number one on the UK, Australian and Canadian charts in 1. Rolling Stone ranked "Spirit in the Sky" No. Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was featured on the 1. 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[edit]Greenbaum had previously been a member of psychedelicjug band. Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band. When they split up he won a solo contract with producer Erik Jacobsen, who had previously worked successfully with The Lovin' Spoonful. He was inspired to write the song after watching Porter Wagoner on TV singing a gospel song. Greenbaum later 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 1. Spirit in the Sky" contains lyrics about the afterlife, making several references to Jesus, although Greenbaum is Jewish. In a VH1 episode about famous one- hit wonders, Alice Cooper said that he was surprised to hear someone with a Jewish- sounding last name performing a song that seemed to be about Jesus). Greenbaum recorded his first solo album with Jacobsen for Reprise Records. The song's arrangement came together in the studio in San Francisco where lead guitarist Russell Da. Shiell, bass player Doug Killmer from the band Crowfoot and drummer Norman Mayell worked with Greenbaum. According to one source[4] and to Da. Shiell, Greenbaum used a Fender Telecaster with a fuzz box built into the body to generate the song's characteristic guitar sound. Moreover, Da. Shiell[6] explained how he created the song's distinctive "beeping" fills: "I actually played the lead guitar parts on Spirit, using a 6. SG Les Paul, a 6. Marshall Plexi 1. Marshall. Regarding the 'beep beeps' as I call them, when the producer asked me to play some fills in between the verses, as a joke I said how about something spacey like this and I did the pickup switch/string bending thing. I saw him stand up in the control booth and he said "that's it! There was no slide involved, just my fingers, and I used the bridge humbucker and the pickup switch). The fuzz part is Norman with a built- in overdrive circuit built into his Tele pickguard.""I've been asked a lot over the years how I did the 'beep beep' guitar parts on Spirit, so for any guitar players out there who would like to learn how, try the following: Using a 2- pickup Gibson, set the neck pickup volume to zero, bridge pickup volume to max, with the pickup switch in the middle position (with Gibson wiring this gives you silence in the middle position). Do a string bend, picking the B & E strings together with one hit, just ahead of the beat, then use the pickup switch to kick in the bridge pickup in triplets (6 per bar) as you let the B string bend down two frets.""I mainly used two positions on Spirit, which is in the key of A. For the low position, fret a stationary C note (8th fret) on the E string while bending the B string up to an A note for your starting- position, then pick the two strings together once while the guitar is silent and work the pickup switch as you let the A note bend downwards to a G. For the high position, do the same thing at the 1. G note on the E string while bending down from E to D on the B string.""I must give credit to Jimi Hendrix as my inspiration for this technique (as well as for the double- string riffs I did at the beginning of the Spirit solo tail section). I saw him perform live in a small club in Madison, Wisconsin and loved the way he used his Strat pickup switch to create staccato feedback on songs like Voodoo Child. The difference is, on a Gibson you can start from silence and create the on/off effect, which worked well with the downward string bending thing I did on Spirit."The resulting sound was an innovative and compelling combination of gospel and psychedelic rock music, 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. Because of its unusual lyrics and style, 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. Spirit in the Sky" became a worldwide hit, and was at the time the best- selling single ever for the Reprise label.[citation needed]There is a music video with Greenbaum singing the song.[7]Of the song, Greenbaum observed: "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]Cultural impact[edit]During John Lennon's scathing 1. Rolling Stone "Beatles break- up" interview with Jann S. Wenner, while highly critical of the recent work of many of his peers, including Bob Dylan and ex- band mate Paul Mc. Cartney, Lennon professed to liking the then- current radio single, "Spirit in the Sky", stating that he "always liked simple rock and nothing else".[9]The song has been featured in several films, television series, documentaries and video games including Rock Band 2, This is the End, Wayne's World 2, Miami Blues, Brooklyn Nine- Nine, The Longest Yard, Suicide Squad, Life,[1. The Founder, Remember the Titans, House, Contact, Supernatural, Michael[1. The Blacklist: Redemption, Shameless, in credits for the 2. Life and it also is heard playing quietly in the first scene of the movie A Simple Plan.[1. Spirit in the Sky" was ranked No. VH1's 1. 00 Greatest One- hit Wonders. It was included on the list of songs deemed "questionable" by Clear Channel following the September 1. The song is used to introduce the starting lineup of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for home games at Angel Stadium. In the Ron Howard movie Apollo 1. Fred Haise character opened the TV broadcast to Earth from the Odyssey Command Module with "Spirit in the Sky" instead of the planned theme from 2. A Space Odyssey. The song appears in the second trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy,[1. The song appears on the feature film Suicide Squad on the scene when Taskforce X travels to midway city on a helicopter, but is not included in the soundtrack album of the film. Greenbaum's version is played, in heavily edited form, in the space film LIFE (2. Greenbaum's version of the song is also heard in: Chart performance[edit]Cover versions and samples[edit]Elton John covered "Spirit in the Sky" in 1. A version by Dorothy Combs Morrison reached #4. Canada in November 1. Bauhaus covered "Spirit In the Sky" on their 1. Sanity Assassin".[3. In 1. 98. 6 the group Doctor and the Medics reached No. UK singles chart with their version of the song, while the same year punk band Fuzzbox released their own less successful version. In 1. 99. 1, The Kentucky Headhunters covered "Spirit In the Sky" on their album, Electric Barnyard.[3. The song was covered by DC Talk for Jesus: Music from & Inspired by the Epic Mini Seriessoundtrack and was released as a B side with Le. Ann Rimes' song "I Need You".[3. Howard Stern and his in- studio band The Losers performed the song in 2. 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. UK singles chart. Christian band Stellar Kart covered the song on their 2. Everything Is Different Now.[3. Goldfrapp sampled the song for their single "Ooh La La".[3. Doctor & the Medics version[edit]Gareth Gates (with the Kumars) version[edit]"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 1. Comic Relief charity single for 2. 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[edit]UK CD1"Spirit in the Sky" – 3: 2. Dance Again" – 4: 0. Spirit in the Sky" (Gareth Only Version) – 3: 2. Spirit in the Sky" (Video) – 4: 0.
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