Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)

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"Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)"
Single by Shenandoah
from the album In the Vicinity of the Heart
B-side "Cabin Fever" [1]
ReleasedAugust 5, 1995
Genre Country
Length3:09
Label Liberty
Songwriter(s) Dennis Linde
Producer(s) Don Cook
Shenandoah singles chronology
"Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)"
(1995)
"Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)"
(1995)
"Always Have, Always Will"
(1996)

"Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)" is a song written by Dennis Linde and originally recorded by the American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys on their 1991 album Unstoppable . [2] It was released in August 1995 by American country music group Shenandoah as the third single from the album In the Vicinity of the Heart . Their version of the song reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

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Critical reception

Jim Ridley of New Country described the song negatively, saying that it sounded similar to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". [3] An uncredited review in the Indianapolis Star was more favorable, calling the song "a clever merger of spiritual and country". [4]

Chart performance

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 20
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 24

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