<P> `` Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven '' is a country music song co-written by American songwriters Jim Collins and Marty Dodson . The song was initially to have been recorded by singer George Strait for his 2008 album Troubadour , but after Strait decided not to include the song on this album , it was recorded by Kenny Chesney instead . Released in August 2008 , Chesney 's rendition is his thirty - eighth Top 40 country hit and his fifteenth Number One hit . Chesney 's version is the first single from his album Lucky Old Sun , which was released on his own Blue Chair label in association with BNA Records . </P>
<P> `` Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven '' is a country music song co-written by American songwriters Jim Collins and Marty Dodson . The song was initially to have been recorded by singer George Strait for his 2008 album Troubadour , but after Strait decided not to include the song on this album , it was recorded by Kenny Chesney instead . Released in August 2008 , Chesney 's rendition is his thirty - eighth Top 40 country hit and his fifteenth Number One hit . Chesney 's version is the first single from his album Lucky Old Sun , which was released on his own Blue Chair label in association with BNA Records . </P>
who sings everybody wants to go to heaven
who sings everybody wants to go to heaven
Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney