"Go Rest High on That Mountain" | ||||
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Single by Vince Gill | ||||
from the album When Love Finds You | ||||
B-side | "Maybe Tonight" | |||
Released | August 28, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 5:15 (Album version) 4:27 (Radio edit) | |||
Label | MCA Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) | Vince Gill | |||
Producer(s) | Tony Brown | |||
Vince Gill singles chronology | ||||
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"Go Rest High on That Mountain" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in August 1995 as the sixth single from his album When Love Finds You. It is a eulogic ballad. Gill began writing the song following the death of country music singer Keith Whitley in 1989. Gill did not finish the song until a few years later following the death of his older brother Bob of a heart attack in 1993. Ricky Skaggs and Patty Loveless both sang background vocals on the record.