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"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" is a country music song co-written by American songwriters Jim Collins and Marty Dodson. The song was initially to have been recorded by George Strait for his 2008 album Troubadour, but after Strait decided not to include the song on this album, it was recorded by Kenny Chesney instead. Released in August 2008 ...
"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" Released: November 29, 1965 Hymns is the fifth solo studio album and first Gospel album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn .
The song is told through the eyes of a promiscuous young man who has had many sexual experiences, and plays upon the double-meaning of the word "heaven." He first recalls his baptism and how the preacher asked the protagonist (then a young boy), "Do you want to go to Heaven," referring to the religious concept of the afterlife (where good people go after their death).
An updated version of Lynn's 1965 song, "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven", was released as the third single from the album. It was premiered by Time magazine via their website on February 16, 2016. [7] On February 17 the single was made available for digital download.
The lead-off single, "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven", was released on August 11, 2008. In October, this song became a Number One hit on the Billboard country charts. The next single, "Down the Road", is a duet with Mac McAnally. MacAnally had previously released this a single for himself from his 1990 album Simple Life. This rendition has ...
After being diagnosed with a painful degenerative disease, a 5-year-old girl made the decision to 'go to heaven' instead of the hospital.
"Everybody's views are way too fossilized in politics," she said. "But in a stadium, even though we're rooting for one team, we can still appreciate a play from the opposing team if it's a great ...
The song reached number 18 on the US Mainstream Rock chart. [2] A flurry of recording activity bridges Earth, Sun, Moon to the self-titled album that followed just over a year later. The punched-up 1988 single version of "Mirror People", released as a follow-up to "No New Tale to Tell", can be found on 2003's hits collection Sorted!