Jesus wants Me for a Sunbeam - Wikipedia Jesus wants Me for a Sunbeam For the children 's hymn, see I 'll Be a Sunbeam. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2010 ) `` Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam '' Song by The Vaselines from the album Dying for It Released Genre Alternative rock Length 3 : 31 Label 53rd & 3rd Songwriter ( s ) Eugene Kelly, Frances McKee `` Jesus Does n't Want Me for a Sunbeam '' Song by Nirvana from the album MTV Unplugged in New York Released 1 November 1994 Recorded 18 November 1993 at Sony Music Studios in New York City Genre Alternative rock Length 4 : 37 Label DGC Records Songwriter ( s ) Eugene Kelly, Frances McKee Producer ( s ) Alex Coletti, Scott Litt, Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York track listing 13 tracks `` About a Girl '' `` Come as You Are '' `` Jesus Does n't Want Me for a Sunbeam '' `` The Man Who Sold the World '' `` Pennyroyal Tea '' `` Dumb '' `` Polly '' `` On a Plain '' `` Something in the Way '' `` Plateau '' `` Oh, Me '' `` Lake of Fire '' `` All Apologies '' `` Where Did You Sleep Last Night '' `` Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam '' is a song originally recorded by Scottish alternative band The Vaselines for their EP Dying for It. It is a parody on the Christian children 's hymn, `` I 'll Be a Sunbeam, '' which has the opening line `` Jesus wants me for a sunbeam. '' The song was little - known outside the indie - pop scene until Nirvana recorded the song in November 1993. The song released on the album and the DVD for their live acoustic MTV Unplugged in New York was titled `` Jesus Does n't Want Me for a Sunbeam ''. The Vaselines re-released the song in 1992 on the compilation albums The Way of The Vaselines : A Complete History and All the Stuff and More. On All the Stuff and More, the title was changed to `` Jesus Does n't Want Me for a Sunbeam ''. Two more versions of this song were released on the 2004 box set With the Lights Out. This included an acoustic version recorded in Europe in 1994, along with a live electric performance on the DVD section of the box - set. Another version was released on 2011 as a bonus track on the 20th anniversary edition of Nevermind. On the version contained on the MTV Unplugged in New York album, Kurt Cobain refers to the song as `` a rendition of an old Christian song, I think. But we do it the Vaselines ' way. '' Elvis Costello uses the line `` Maybe Jesus wants you for a sunbeam '' in the song `` Alibi '' from his 2002 album When I Was Cruel. On the deluxe edition of their 2014 Album Bleach House, Phillip Boa And The Voodooclub released a cover of `` Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam ''. Notes Jump up ^ Kurt Cobain, Nov. 18, 1993. MTV Unplugged in New York, DGC Records, released Nov. 1, 1994. This 1980s rock song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jesus_Wants_Me_for_a_Sunbeam&oldid=848754389 '' Categories : 1987 songs Nirvana ( band ) songs The Vaselines songs Songs about Jesus 1980s rock song stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from September 2010 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano Português Edit links This page was last edited on 4 July 2018, at 02 : 42 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote jesus doesn't want me for a sunbeam
Answer: Eugene Kelly