MCA Honors 30th Anniversary with Release of Extended Version Including New Verse
Duet Performance with Lainey Wilson on 77th Emmy Awards This Sunday on CBS
NASHVILLE – September 12, 2025 - Vince Gill’s iconic and beloved song “Go Rest High On That Mountain” celebrates its 30th anniversary (8/28/95) with the release of an extended version that includes a new verse. The now RIAA certified double-platinum single is one of the most significant and enduring songs in country music having resonated with listeners around the world over the last three decades. In 1996 the song was awarded two Grammys for Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song, a CMA Award for Song of the Year, and in 1997 received BMI’s Most Performed Song award.
Gill was inspired to write the song following the death of his friend, country singer and at-the-time labelmate Keith Whitley, but it was the death of Gill’s brother Bob in 1993 that compelled him to complete it. However, in 2019 during one of his Christmas at the Ryman performances with wife Amy Grant, Gill performed the song but included a new verse. “The last thirty years I’ve always felt like something was missing from this song,” Gill explained recently. “With this new third verse I finally feel like the song is complete.”
In updating the recording, Gill used all the original tracks adding only his vocals for the new verse.
On Sunday night (9/14/25) Gill will be joined by Lainey Wilson to perform “Go Rest High On That Mountain” on the 77th Emmy Awards on CBS as part of the In Memoriam segment.
“Go Rest High On That Mountain”
I know your life
On earth was troubled
And only you could know the pain
You weren’t afraid to face the devil
You were no stranger to the rain
Go rest high on that mountain
Son your work on earth is done
Go to heaven a shoutin’
Love for the Father and the Son
Oh, how we cried the day you left us
We gathered ’round your grave to grieve
Wish I could see the angels faces
When they hear your sweet voice sing
Go rest high on that mountain
Son your work on earth is done
Go to heaven a shoutin’
Love for the Father and the Son
You’re safely home in the arms of Jesus
Eternal life my brother’s found
The day will come I know I’ll see him
In that sacred place, on that holy ground
Go rest high on that mountain
Son your work on earth is done
Go to heaven a shoutin’
Love for the Father and the Son
Go to heaven a shoutin’
Love for the Father and the Son