Sheep Go to Heaven

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"Sheep Go to Heaven"
Single by Cake
from the album Prolonging the Magic
Released	1999
Recorded	1998
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:44
Label	Capricorn Records
Songwriter(s)	John McCrea
Producer(s)	Cake
Cake singles chronology
"You Turn the Screws" (1999) "Sheep Go to Heaven" (1999) "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" (2001)

"Sheep Go to Heaven" is a single by American alternative rock band Cake from their 1998 album Prolonging the Magic. The song's title references the parable of The Sheep and the Goats from Chapter 25 of the Gospel of Matthew.^[1] The lyrics state "so astutely" that the good go to everlasting life, while the evil will go away with Satan and his avatars.^[2] The lyrics invoke the belief in justice and Armageddon, as well as "Hotel California: a "smell of Karma was heavy in the air."^[3]