| "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" | |
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| SongbyThe Vaselines | |
| from the album Dying for It | |
| Released | 1987 |
| Genre | Indie pop |
| Length | 3:31 |
| Label | 53rd & 3rd |
| Songwriter(s) | Eugene Kelly, Frances McKee |
| "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" | |
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| SongbyNirvana | |
| from the album MTV Unplugged in New York | |
| Released | 1 November 1994 |
| Recorded | 18 November 1993 |
| Venue | Sony Music Studios, New York City |
| Genre | Alternative rock |
| Length | 4:37 |
| Label | DGC |
| Songwriter(s) | Eugene Kelly, Frances McKee |
| Producer(s) | Alex Coletti, Scott Litt, Nirvana |
| MTV Unplugged in New York track listing | |
13 tracks | |
"Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a song originally recorded by the Scottish alternative band the Vaselines. It was later covered by American rock band Nirvana in 1993 who renamed it "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam".
"Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a song originally recorded by the Scottish alternative band the Vaselines for their EP Dying for It.[1] It is a parody on the Christian children's hymn "I'll Be a Sunbeam", which has the opening line "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam." The Vaselines re-released the song in 1992 on the compilation albums The Way of The Vaselines: A Complete History,[2] and All the Stuff and More.
The song was little-known outside the indie-pop scene until Seattle grunge band Nirvana recorded the song in November 1993 for their live acoustic album MTV Unplugged in New York, re-titling it "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam".[3]
Two more versions were released by Nirvana on their 2004 box set With the Lights Out. These were an acoustic version recorded in Portugal in 1994, and a live electric performance on the DVD section of the box set that was recorded at the Paramount TheatreinSeattle on October 31, 1991.[4] This version was re-released in 2011 as a bonus track on the 20th anniversary edition of the Nevermind album and on the Live at the Paramount DVD and Blu-ray.[5]
In the version featured on the MTV Unplugged in New York album, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain refers to the song as "a rendition of an old Christian song, I think. But we do it the Vaselines' way."[6] At a Nirvana concert that took place on December 30, 1993, at the Great Western ForuminInglewood, California, Cobain dedicated the song to the recently deceased River Phoenix.[7]
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