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 "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 Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" . The Vaselines re-released
Christ the Lord Is Risen Again! did not fit into the English translation. The hymn is often used as a hymn for Easter Sunday which commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus. The hymn was initially performed to the melody of the original Latin "Victimae pashali laudes". However, since then, the hymn has been performed in other musical compositions including "Llanfair" and "Wirtemburg". In 1971, John Rutter also composed his own musical setting for "Christ the Lord Is Risen Again!" Christ the Lord Is Risen Again! "Christ the Lord Is Risen Again!" (German: "Christus ist erstanden") is a German Christian hymn written by Michael Weisse in 1531 based