50 Best Country Songs About Going to Heaven
Country Tracks That Picture the Journey to Heaven
There’s a strange kind of quiet that settles in when people start thinking about what might be waiting on the other side. Not peace exactly, not fear either, but a mix of both that feels heavy in the chest. You’re in a truck parked off a backroad or standing at the edge of a family plot, and the right song slips through the speakers. The ones that lean into that space without trying to fix it. You can hear the ache in the voice, the way the words drag like they’re carrying more than the melody. It’s not all sad though. Sometimes it’s a little wry, a little stubborn, holding tight to faith or memory in the same breath.
Country has its own way of handling that kind of moment. The steel guitar bends in a way pop, rock, country, and R&B songs rarely capture, and the storytelling sits closer to the bone. There are songs that look straight at loss without flinching, others that paint heaven like a porch at sunset where your people are waiting. Some feel like they were written for a funeral, others for the drive home from one. The production might be stripped down to a single guitar, or it might swell into something that feels almost like a Sunday service. Either way, it hits different when the words start leaning toward eternity.
It’s not clean or uniform. Some songs carry hope like it’s a lantern, some stumble under the weight, some even manage to crack a smile in the middle of all that talk of goodbye. The good ones never rush through it. They let the space stay open, long enough for you to step into it. Here are the best country songs that capture that walk toward heaven.
Top 10 Heaven Country Songs
1. 'When I Get Where I'm Going'—Brad Paisley featuring Dolly Parton
2. 'Go Rest High on That Mountain'—Vince Gill
3. 'Holes in the Floor of Heaven'—Steve Wariner
4. 'If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away'—Justin Moore
5. 'Three Wooden Crosses'—Randy Travis
6. 'See You Again'—Carrie Underwood
7. 'When I Meet My Maker'—Tenille Townes
8. 'Give Heaven Some Hell'—Hardy
9. 'He Stopped Loving Her Today'—George Jones
10. 'Heaven Was Needing a Hero'—Jo Dee Messina
Country Music Heaven Themes #11—20
11. 'I Drive Your Truck'—Lee Brice
12. 'Whiskey Lullaby'—Brad Paisley featuring Alison Krauss
13. 'You Should Be Here'—Cole Swindell
14. 'If I Die Young'—The Band Perry
15. 'I Believe'—Brooks & Dunn
16. 'The Dance'—Garth Brooks
17. 'Temporary Home'—Carrie Underwood
18. 'Angels Among Us'—Alabama
19. 'If Tomorrow Never Comes'—Garth Brooks
20. 'One More Day'—Diamond Rio
Songs About Passing On #21—30
21. 'Who You'd Be Today'—Kenny Chesney
22. 'Drowning'—Chris Young
23. 'Drink a Beer'—Luke Bryan
24. 'If You're Reading This'—Tim McGraw
25. 'Sissy's Song'—Alan Jackson
26. 'I Wish Grandpas Never Died'—Riley Green
27. 'Broken Halos'—Chris Stapleton
28. 'There Was Jesus'—Zach Williams featuring Dolly Parton
29. 'Daddy Doesn't Pray Anymore'—Chris Stapleton
30. 'How Can I Help You Say Goodbye'—Patty Loveless
Country Songs with a Spiritual Message #31—40
31. 'Long Black Train'—Josh Turner
32. 'Believe'—Cher
33. 'Where I Find God'—Larry Fleet
34. 'The Old Rugged Cross'—Alan Jackson
35. 'Heaven's Just a Sin Away'—The Kendalls
36. 'He Stopped Loving Her Today'—George Jones
37. 'God's Been Good To Me'—Keith Urban
38. 'I Saw God Today'—George Strait
39. 'That's What I Love About Sunday'—Craig Morgan
40. 'God's Country'—Blake Shelton
Country Music Afterlife Tracks #41—50
41. 'Amazing Grace'—Alan Jackson
42. 'Hello God'—Dolly Parton
43. 'Jesus Take the Wheel'—Carrie Underwood
44. 'Whiskey Lullaby'—Brad Paisley featuring Alison Krauss
45. 'I Hope You Dance'—Lee Ann Womack
46. 'Live Like You Were Dying'—Tim McGraw
47. 'Where I Find God'—Larry Fleet
48. 'The Man Comes Around'—Johnny Cash
49. 'Hallelujah'—Leonard Cohen
50. 'I'll Fly Away'—Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch
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