Go Rest High on That Mountain

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"Go Rest High on That Mountain"
Single by Vince Gill
from the album When Love Finds You
B-side "Maybe Tonight"
Released August 28, 1995
Format CD single, cassette single
Recorded 1994
Genre Country
Length 5:15
Label MCA Nashville
Writer(s) Vince Gill
Producer(s) Tony Brown
Vince Gill singles chronology
"You Better Think Twice"
(1995)		 "Go Rest High on That Mountain"
(1995)		 "High Lonesome Sound"
(1996)

"Go Rest High on That Mountain" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in August 1995 as the sixth single from his album When Love Finds You. It is a eulogic ballad. Gill began writing the song following the death of country music superstar Keith Whitley, who died in 1989. Gill did not finish the song until a few years later following the death of his older brother Bob, in 1993, of a heart attack. Ricky Skaggs and Patty Loveless sang background vocals on the record.

The song won the CMA's Song of the Year award in 1996[1] and a BMI Most-Performed Song award in 1997.[2] It also received two Grammy Awards for Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song in the 38th Grammy Awards.[3] The single reached No. 14 on the Country Singles chart in 1995.[4] It has sold 648,000 digital copies in the US since becoming available for download.[5]

On May 2, 2013 at the George Jones funeral in the Opry hall with Patty Loveless, he was too emotional to sing some of the words of this song, but completed the duet by focusing on the guitar. He underlined this duet by stating he always was aware of a 'special anointing' in his duets with Loveless.[6]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably calling the song "beautiful, majestic, and easily one of the best singles of Gill's already distinguished career." She goes on to say that the composition "boasts a touching spiritual lyric and Gill's consistently impeccable vocal delivery."[7]

Music video

The music video was directed by John Lloyd Miller and premiered in mid-1995.

Chart performance

"Go Rest High on That Mountain" debuted at number 70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 2, 1995.

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8] 7
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 14

Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[10] 74

See also

Notes

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  6. ↑ YouTube. Grand Ole Opry. Vince Gill and Patty Loveless - "Go Rest High On That Mountain" at George Jones' Funeral | Opry. 2013 Possum Tracks Touring Co. Retrieved January 7, 2015. YouTube
  7. ↑ Billboard, September 2, 1995
  8. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2841." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Vince Gill – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Vince Gill.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by CMA Award for Song of the Year - "Go Rest High on That Mountain" by Vince Gill
1996		 Succeeded by
Matraca Berg & Gary Harrison – "Strawberry Wine"

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