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Over My Head (King's X Song)
Over My Head may refer to: Songs * "Over My Head", a spiritual song which provides the basis for "Up Above My Head", recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe among others * Over My Head (Fleetwood Mac song), "Over My Head" (Fleetwood Mac song), 1975 * "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)", a 2003 song by Sum 41 * "Over My Head (Cable Car)", a 2005 song by The Fray * "Over My Head", a song by The Aliens (Australian band), The Aliens * "Over My Head", a song by Asaf Avidan from ''Gold Shadow'' * "Over My Head", a song by Brian Littrell from ''Welcome Home (Brian Littrell album), Welcome Home'' * "Over My Head", a song by David Gray, a B-side of the single "Babylon (David Gray song), Babylon" * "Over My Head", a song by Furslide from ''Adventure (Furslide album), Adventure'' * "Over My Head", a song by Icehouse from ''Man of Colours'' * "Over My Head", a song by James Marriott from ''Are We There Yet? (James Marriott album), Are We There Yet?'' * "Over My Head", a song by King's X from ''Gretchen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up Above My Head
"Up Above My Head" is a gospel song of traditional origin, first recorded in 1941 (as "Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air") by The Southern Sons, a vocal group formed by William Langford of the Golden Gate Quartet. In the version that is now the best-known, it was recorded in 1947 by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight as a duo. Background The spiritual "Over My Head", apparently dating from the 19th century but of unknown authorship, contains many of the same lines as "Up Above My Head" – "Over my head / I hear music in the air../ There must be a God somewhere" – and may be presumed to be its origin. Civil rights leader Bernice Johnson Reagon changed the traditional words of the song in 1961, to "Over my head / I see freedom in the air...". In 1995, the National Association for Music Education (then known as the Music Educators National Conference) published a list of songs that "every American should know", which included "Over My Head". Sister Rosetta Thar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |