Medium Happiness

This song was in my head for months–literally–before I finally heard it a few days ago in some movie credits, took note of some of the lyrics, and with the aid of the Googles, tracked down within 2 minutes. For all intents and purposes, Spirit In The Sky is the only song for which Greenbaum is known. Released as a single, over 2 million copies of the song were sold between 1969 and 1970. Curiously, the video which I’ve embedded below, shows the song set to a boatload of Jesus iconography. I doubt the enterprising zealots who made this nice montage for us realized that Greenbaum is Jewish. Sort of like Reagan not realizing what Born in The USA was really about. Think McFly. Think. Oh, if you don’t feel like watching the Jesus-ified version, you can watch the second version featuring a lady rockin’ out (she looks like she might be high, probably meth, judging by here visage) to the song “she wants played and her funeral.” Really, watch that one. It’s way more entertaining.