Sheep Go to Heaven

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"Sheep Go to Heaven"
Sheep go to heaven cover CAKE.jpg
Single by Cake
from the album Prolonging the Magic
Released1999
Recorded1998
Genre Alternative rock
Length4:44
Label Capricorn Records
Songwriter(s) John McCrea
Producer(s) Cake
Cake singles chronology
"You Turn the Screws"
(1999)
"Sheep Go to Heaven"
(1999)
"Short Skirt/Long Jacket"
(2001)

"Sheep Go to Heaven" is a single by American alternative rock band Cake from their 1998 album Prolonging the Magic . The song's title references the parable of The Sheep and the Goats from Chapter 25 of the Gospel of Matthew.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Sheep Go to Heaven (Edit)"3:47
2."Never There (Live)"3:23
3."Is This Love? (Live)"4:30
4."Sheep Go to Heaven"4:44

Music video

The music video for "Sheep Go to Heaven" is animated in a style reminiscent of South Park , and features members of Cake dressed as a KISS cover band, playing in a sports bar. A disgruntled employee of a greeting-card company enters the sports bar with a machete, and massacres the crowd, sending the band to Heaven. Later, the employee is convicted, executed, and sent to Hell. The video was directed by Mark Kornweibel.

Chart positions

Chart (1999)Peak
position
US Modern Rock Tracks16

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