Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam 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". Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a song originally recorded by Scottish alternative band The Vaselines for their EP
Secular hymn (genre) "Turn! Turn! Turn!" by Pete Seeger (famously covered by the Byrds), "Rivers of Babylon" by Melodians (also covered by Boney M), "Benedictus" by the Strawbs, and "Morning Has Broken", which was originally written as a Christian hymn by Eleanor Farjeon, but only mentions God once in the popular version by Cat Stevens (later known as Yusef Islam). Secular hymn (genre) A secular hymn is a type of non-religious popular song that has elements in common with religious music, especially with Christian hymns. The concept goes back at least as far as 17 BCE when the Roman emperor Augustus commissioned the