Do you Wanna go to heaven - Wikipedia Do you Wanna go to heaven `` Do You Wanna Go to Heaven '' Single by T.G. Sheppard from the album Smooth Sailin ' B - side `` How Far Our Love Goes '' Released July 1980 Genre Country Length 3 : 10 Label Warner Bros. / Curb Songwriter ( s ) Curly Putman Bucky Jones Producer ( s ) Buddy Killen T.G. Sheppard singles chronology `` Smooth Sailin ' '' ( 1980 ) `` Do You Wanna Go to Heaven '' ( 1980 ) `` I Feel Like Loving You Again '' ( 1980 ) `` Smooth Sailin ' '' ( 1980 ) `` Do You Wanna Go to Heaven '' ( 1980 ) `` I Feel Like Loving You Again '' ( 1980 ) `` Do You Wanna Go to Heaven '' is a song written by Curly Putman and Bucky Jones, and recorded by American country music artist T.G. Sheppard. It was released in July 1980 as the second single from the album Smooth Sailin. `` Do You Wanna Go to Heaven '' was T.G. Sheppard 's fifth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart. Contents 1 Content 2 Charts 3 References 4 External links Content The song is told through the eyes of a promiscuous young man who has had many sexual experiences, and plays upon the double - meaning of the word `` heaven. '' He first recalls his baptism and how the preacher asked the protagonist ( then a young boy ), `` Do you want to go to Heaven, '' referring to the religious concept of the afterlife ( where good people go after their death ). Later in the song, the man recalls his sexual awakening, where -- after a high school dance -- he and his teen - aged girlfriend, Bonnie Lou, are alone. Bonnie Lou uses her charms to come on to her boyfriend, asking him before they initiate sex, `` Do you want to go to heaven. '' In this sense, `` heaven '' refers to the blissful experience of sexual intercourse. In the final verse, the man is broken down and drowning his sorrows at a tavern. He sees a possible sexual partner at the end of the bar ; her actual desirability is not stated. Neither one shows any resistance as the two begin their encounter, as once again the term `` heaven '' refers to the intense pleasure of sex. At the end of each verse, the man says, `` I 'll never forget, I remember it yet, that taste of that clear, pure water, '' before recalling to various degrees the words of the preacher and his expectations that he will live a Christ - centered life. The man, as a young boy and teenager, upholds this promise until -- as the song progresses -- they become dimmer ( his first experience with Bonnie Lou ) to totally forgotten ( the drunken encounter with the woman at the end of the bar ). Charts Chart ( 1980 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Canadian RPM Country Tracks 15 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 313. Jump up ^ `` T.G. Sheppard Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics T.G. Sheppard Notable singles `` Devil in the Bottle '' `` Tryin ' to Beat the Morning Home '' `` Motels and Memories '' `` Solitary Man '' `` Happy Together '' `` You Feel Good All Over '' `` Last Cheater 's Waltz '' `` I 'll Be Coming Back for More '' `` Smooth Sailin ' '' `` Do You Wanna Go to Heaven '' `` I Feel Like Loving You Again '' `` I Loved ' Em Every One '' `` Party Time '' `` Only One You '' `` Finally '' `` War Is Hell ( On the Homefront Too ) '' `` Faking Love '' ( with Karen Brooks ) `` Without You '' `` Slow Burn '' `` Make My Day '' ( with Clint Eastwood ) `` Somewhere Down the Line '' `` One Owner Heart '' `` You 're Going Out of My Mind '' `` Fooled Around and Fell in Love '' `` Doncha ? '' `` In Over My Heart '' `` Strong Heart '' `` Half Past Forever ( Till I 'm Blue in the Heart ) '' `` You 're My First Lady '' `` One for the Money '' `` You Still Do '' This 1980 country song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Do_You_Wanna_Go_to_Heaven&oldid=847152038 '' Categories : 1980 singles Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles T.G. Sheppard songs Songs written by Curly Putman Song recordings produced by Buddy Killen Warner Bros. Records singles Curb Records singles Songs written by Bucky Jones 1980 songs 1980 country song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 23 June 2018, at 08 : 14 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sings do you want to go to heaven
Answer: American country music artist T.G. Sheppard