| "Go Rest High on That Mountain" | ||||
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| Single by Vince Gill | ||||
| from the album When Love Finds You | ||||
| Released | August 28, 1995 | |||
| Format | CD single, cassette single | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 5:15 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Writer(s) | Vince Gill | |||
| Producer | Tony Brown | |||
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"Go Rest High on That Mountain" is a country song written and recorded by Vince Gill. It was released in August 1995 as a single from his 1994 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 #14 on the Country Singles chart in 1995.[4]
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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 impeccably vocal delivery."[5]
The music video was directed by John Lloyd Miller and premiered in mid-1995.
"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 |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 14 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 7 |
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| Preceded by "Independence Day" performed by Martina McBride |
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" |