# Songs about god or spirituality that you enjoy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926 "2015-08-15T16:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/1 "2015-08-15T16:44:46Z")
Here are some I can think of off-hand: **Joan Osborne - What If God Was One Of Us** \*\*Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky\*\* \*\*Real Life - Send Me An Angel \*\* \*\*Don McLean - American Pie\*\* \*\*Madonna - Like A Prayer \*\* \*\*Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer\*\* I know there's at least one more that I'm missing when I first thought to make this thread. Anyone want to add to the list? ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/2 "2015-08-15T16:53:14Z")
Bob Marley - One Love [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vdB-8eLEW8g/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgYCgRMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBJNU9Fv5kA7LADpNM5ID0gN818HQ "Bob Marley - One Love") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdB-8eLEW8g) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/3 "2015-08-15T17:01:15Z")
Atheist I night be, but [Dives and Lazarus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjAzsqzT0CE) by June Tabor and the Oyster Band is a great song. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/4 "2015-08-15T18:12:58Z")
[_ **After Forever** _ by Black Sabbath](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyJB-_D7mco). ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/5 "2015-08-15T18:17:56Z")
“Gloria” by Glad, an a cappella quintet. Wish I could sing like that! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/A6BgZgwluXE/hqdefault.jpg "Glad - Gloria") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6BgZgwluXE) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/6 "2015-08-15T18:17:58Z")
Pete Townshend–[God Speaks of Marty Robbins](https://youtu.be/zPRJeBM_E8Y?t=55s) ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/7 "2015-08-15T18:22:57Z")
[Dear God by XTC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHmTqoLjlXo) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/8 "2015-08-15T18:23:00Z")
Kanye West - Jesus Walks [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MYF7H_fpc-g/maxresdefault.jpg "Kanye West - Jesus Walks (Version 2)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYF7H_fpc-g) P.O.D. - Alive (I’m not sure this song is about spirituality, but it seems to be about an existential crisis) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3ChrdJoBCk) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/9 "2015-08-15T18:31:11Z")
The album [MCMXC a.D.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCMXC_a.D.) ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/10 "2015-08-15T18:35:39Z")
> [@ryan](#): > > [Dear God by XTC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHmTqoLjlXo) Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Abracadebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Abracadebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abracadebra)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/11 "2015-08-15T18:39:12Z")
My Sweet Lord - George Harrison ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/12 "2015-08-15T20:36:48Z")
Though I’m sure if it’s a serious song or a parody, [_ **Jesus** _ by The Velvet Underground](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6FIjp8nJV4). ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/13 "2015-08-15T21:27:53Z")
Give Us a Song - Jonathan Edwards [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZAOt8BX5DE) The Story of Isaac - Leonard Cohen [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8a7-DOyDtrw/hqdefault.jpg "LEONARD COHEN "The Story of Isaac".wmv") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a7-DOyDtrw) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/14 "2015-08-15T21:36:19Z")
Casting Crowns - [I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK8xB1opuQ8) Pete Townshend - [The Sea Refuses No River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOFyO6IqYk0) The Killers w/ Neil Tennant & Elton John - [Joseph, Better You Than Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW8oEWfuEIg) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/15 "2015-08-15T23:17:15Z")
_Jesus Built My Hotrod_ - **Ministry** Well, it does have Jesus' name in the title. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/16 "2015-08-16T00:27:14Z")
[Lost in the Stars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygkCMrC5t0Q) - music by Kurt Weill, beautiful poetry by Maxwell Anderson, from the show of the same name. Sung here by Todd Duncan from the original Broadway cast. The aching loneliness expressed in this song speaks to me in some fundamental way, and it helps me to understand what drives some people to the comforts of religion. It doesn’t work that way for me, but not for lack of trying. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/17 "2015-08-16T00:36:53Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/N_lrrq_opng/maxresdefault.jpg "MercyMe - I Can Only Imagine (Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_lrrq_opng) Mercy Me: I can only imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/18 "2015-08-16T00:42:42Z")
[Mercedez Benz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qev-i9-VKlY): Janis Joplin ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/19 "2015-08-16T00:48:42Z")
[Travelin’ Shoes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsn9iMXsSZc) - Maria Muldaur ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926/20 "2015-08-16T00:49:59Z")
Clark Sisters: [You Brought The Sunshine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4h_ItABOWc) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-god-or-spirituality-that-you-enjoy/727926.md?page=2)