If You Wanna Get to Heaven

"If You Wanna Get to Heaven"
"If You Wanna Get to Heaven"
Single by Ozark Mountain Daredevils
from the album The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
B-side	"Spaceship Orion"
Released	1973
Genre	Southern rock
Length	3:04
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Steve Cash/John Dillon
Producer(s)	David Anderle, Glyn Johns
Ozark Mountain Daredevils singles chronology

"If You Wanna Get To Heaven" is a single by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils from their 1973 album The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. This was the band's debut single and also the first of their two Top 40 hits reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3] The song sold about 500,000 copies.^[4]

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Hank Williams, Jr. covered the song on his 1982 album, High Notes.
The song was covered by Jeff Carson on his 1997 album Butterfly Kisses.
In 2007, the song was covered by Saliva lead singer Josey Scott for the movie The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning. It is heard in the background when The General Lee is being pulled out of the water and being restored.

Included in Grand Theft Auto V on the radio station Rebel Radio, the song also served as the opening music to the 1991 PBS documentary "Dancing Outlaw", which profiled the life of legendary West Virginia "Mountain Dancer" Jesco White.

Granda, Michael Supe (2008). It Shined: The Saga of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4343-9166-7.

^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Planet of the Apes: Hard Rock". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 106. ISBN 031214704X.
^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. 1973. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 638.
^ The Robesian 30 April 1975 "Group Sticks to Missouri Roots" by Mary Campbell p.17

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John Dillon Mike 'Supe' Granda Steve Cash Bill Jones Ruell Chappell Ron Gremp Dave Painter Kelly Brown Nick Sibley Buddy Brayfield Randle Chowning Larry Lee Steve Canaday Rune Walle Jerry Mills Larry Van Fleet Terry Wilson Bobby Lloyd Hicks Joe Terry Gary Smith Jason Le Masters Don Clinton Thompson Ricky 'Lumpy' Davidson Bill Brown
Studio albums	The Ozark Mountain Daredevils It'll Shine When It Shines The Car Over the Lake Album Men from Earth Don't Look Down Ozark Mountain Daredevils 13
Live albums	Archive Alive Concert Classics It's Alive Rhythm and Joy Live at the Gillioz Concert
Compilations	The Best Ozark Mountain Daredevils Time Warp – The Very Best Of
Re-recording	Jackie Blue
Import releases	Heart of the Country Modern History Now Hear This!
Singles	"If You Wanna Get to Heaven" "Look Away" "Jackie Blue" "If I Only Knew" "You Made It Right" "You Know Like I Know" "Take You Tonight"
DVDs	Rhythm and Joy Revival (Live at the Gillioz)