Artist · chart history
Norman Greenbaum
Solo artist Malden United States
Norman Greenbaum is an artist from Malden. Norman Greenbaum has 37 chart appearances on 37 radio countdowns from 15 stations on RockLists, spanning 1991–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Spirit in the Sky”, which appears on 37 lists with a best position of #160. The station that charted Norman Greenbaum most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 5 appearances.
Norman Greenbaum, born in Malden in 1942, was a member of Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band, and in 1969, on his own, he struck gold. "Spirit in the Sky", the title track of his album for Reprise, is one of the strangest and most infectious records on the radio: a fuzzed-out, hand-clapping boogie that stomps along like a revival meeting run by a biker gang, with Greenbaum sounding as cheerful as a man with nowhere to be.
It was the only hit he ever had, and it was enough. The song made him one of the best-selling one-hit wonders ever, and rock radio has never let it go.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Norman Greenbaum on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spirit in the Sky | 37 | #160 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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