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data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Washington_Phillips" title="Washington Phillips">Washington Phillips</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">Dallas, Texas, December 5, 1928</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_blues" title="Gospel blues">Gospel blues</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">3:15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Albert_Tindley" title="Charles Albert Tindley">Charles Albert Tindley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Buckley_Walker" title="Frank Buckley Walker">Frank B. Walker</a><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> "What Are They Doing in Heaven?" is a Christian <a href="/wiki/Hymn" title="Hymn">hymn</a> written in 1901 by American <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of religion">minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Albert_Tindley" title="Charles Albert Tindley">Charles Albert Tindley</a>. As of 2015<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=What_Are_They_Doing_in_Heaven%3F&action=edit">[update]</a>, it has become popular enough to have been included in 16 <a href="/wiki/Hymnal" title="Hymnal">hymnals</a>.<a href="#cite_note-hymnary-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> The song has sometimes been recorded under the titles "What Are They Doing?" and "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?". The question mark is often omitted. The song may also be known by its first line, "I am thinking of friends whom I used to know". The song consists of four verses and a <a href="/wiki/Refrain" title="Refrain">refrain</a>, each four lines long. In both the verses and the refrain, the first three lines rhyme, and the fourth is "What are they doing now?" or some small variant of that. The author reflects on friends who were burdened in life by care, or by disease, or by poverty; and wonders what they might now be doing in <a href="/wiki/Heaven_(Christianity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heaven (Christianity)">Heaven</a>, without giving his answer.<a href="#cite_note-hymnary-2">[2]</a> The first known recording of the song is the 1928 one by <a href="/wiki/Washington_Phillips" title="Washington Phillips">Washington Phillips</a> (1880–1954; vocals and <a href="/wiki/Zither" title="Zither">zither</a>), in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_blues" title="Gospel blues">gospel blues</a> style.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> Phillips' recording was used in the soundtrack of the 2005 film <a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown_(soundtrack)" title="Elizabethtown (soundtrack)">Elizabethtown</a>. The song has since been recorded many times in a wide variety of styles, including <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a>; sometimes attributed to Phillips or to "<a href="/wiki/Anonymous_work" title="Anonymous work">anonymous</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Tradition#Musicology_and_ethnomusicology" title="Tradition">traditional</a>"[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarify</a>]. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recordings">Recordings</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=What_Are_They_Doing_in_Heaven%3F&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Recordings">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Dynamic_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">dynamic list</a> and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. 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(August 2015)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>1928 – Washington Phillips,<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> 78rpm single <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a> 14404-D</li> <li>1934 – <a href="/wiki/Mitchell%27s_Christian_Singers" title="Mitchell's Christian Singers">Mitchell's Christian Singers</a>,<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> 78rpm singles <a href="/wiki/Perfect_Records" title="Perfect Records">Perfect</a> 326,<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> <a href="/wiki/Banner_Records" title="Banner Records">Banner</a> 33433,<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> <a href="/wiki/Conqueror_Records" title="Conqueror Records">Conqueror</a> 8431,<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melotone_Records_(US)" title="Melotone Records (US)">Melotone</a> 13400 <a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></li> <li>1938 – <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Quartet" title="Golden Gate Quartet">Golden Gate Quartet</a>,<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> 78rpm singles <a href="/wiki/Bluebird_Records" title="Bluebird Records">Bluebird</a> 7994 <a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Ward" title="Montgomery Ward">Montgomery</a> 7866 <a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></li> <li><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1938 – <a href="/wiki/Southernaires" title="Southernaires">The Southernaires</a>,<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> radio broadcast <a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></li> <li>1946 – <a href="/wiki/Pilgrim_Travelers" title="Pilgrim Travelers">Pilgrim Travelers</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>1948 – <a href="/wiki/The_Lilly_Brothers" title="The Lilly Brothers">The Lilly Brothers</a>,<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> 78rpm single Page 505[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>1948 – The Southern Harmonizers,<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> 78 rpm single <a href="/wiki/Specialty_Records" title="Specialty Records">Specialty</a> 301 <a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></li> <li>1950 – The Mello-Tones,<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> 78rpm single Columbia 39051 <a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></li> <li>1950-53[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>] – <a href="/wiki/Silvertone_Singers" class="mw-redirect" title="Silvertone Singers">Silvertone Singers</a><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>1952 – <a href="/wiki/The_Dixie_Hummingbirds" title="The Dixie Hummingbirds">The Dixie Hummingbirds</a>,<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> <a href="/wiki/45rpm" class="mw-redirect" title="45rpm">45rpm</a> single <a href="/wiki/Peacock_Records" title="Peacock Records">Peacock Records</a> 5-1594 <a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></li> <li>1957 – Harry and Jeanie West <a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> on the album Favorite Gospel Songs <a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></li> <li>1960 – <a href="/wiki/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe" title="Sister Rosetta Tharpe">Sister Rosetta Tharpe</a><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> on the album Gospels in Rhythm <a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></li> <li>1962 – <a href="/wiki/The_Fairfield_Four" title="The Fairfield Four">The Fairfield Four</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> on the album The Bells Are Tolling <a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></li> <li>1964 – <a href="/wiki/The_Staple_Singers" title="The Staple Singers">The Staple Singers</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> on the album This Little Light <a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a></li> <li>1966–92[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>] – <a href="/wiki/Marion_Williams" title="Marion Williams">Marion Williams</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>1971 – The Downtown Sister New Heaven on the album Gospels And Spirituals <a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></li> <li>1983 – <a href="/wiki/Slim_%26_the_Supreme_Angels" title="Slim & the Supreme Angels">Slim & the Supreme Angels</a><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> on the album Glory to His Name <a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></li> <li>1992 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hanway" title="Tom Hanway">Tom Hanway</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> on the album Tom Hanway and Blue Horizon <a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a></li> <li>1994 – Martin Simpson <a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> on the album A Closer Walk with Thee <a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a></li> <li>1995 – The Pfister Sisters <a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> on the album The Pfister Sisters <a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a></li> <li>1996 – Michelle Lanchester, <a href="/wiki/Bernice_Johnson_Reagon" title="Bernice Johnson Reagon">Bernice Johnson Reagon</a> and Yasmeen <a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> on the album Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions <a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a></li> <li>1996 – <a href="/wiki/Little_Jimmy_Scott" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Jimmy Scott">Little Jimmy Scott</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> on the album Heaven <a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a></li> <li>2000 – Last Forever <a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> on the album Trainfare Home <a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a></li> <li>2000 – Margaret Allison and the <a href="/wiki/Angelic_Gospel_Singers" title="Angelic Gospel Singers">Angelic Gospel Singers</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> on the album Home in the Rock <a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a></li> <li>2002 – <a href="/wiki/Jorma_Kaukonen" title="Jorma Kaukonen">Jorma Kaukonen</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> on the album <a href="/wiki/Blue_Country_Heart" title="Blue Country Heart">Blue Country Heart</a></li> <li>2003 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gaither_(gospel_singer)" title="Bill Gaither (gospel singer)">Bill Gaither</a> feat. <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Gaither" title="Gloria Gaither">Gloria Gaither</a> and <a href="/wiki/Babbie_Mason" title="Babbie Mason">Babbie Mason</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> on the album Heaven <a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a></li> <li>2003 – <a href="/wiki/The_Immortal_Lee_County_Killers" title="The Immortal Lee County Killers">The Immortal Lee County Killers</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> on the album Love Is a Charm of Powerful Trouble <a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a></li> <li>2003 – Mike "Sport" Murphy <a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> on the album Uncle <a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a></li> <li>2006 – <a href="/wiki/Riley_Baugus" title="Riley Baugus">Riley Baugus</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> on the album Long Steel Rail <a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a></li> <li>2006 – Joanne Blum <a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> on the album Even More Love <a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a></li> <li>2006 – Cabin Fever NW <a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> on the album The Door Is Always Open <a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a></li> <li>2006 – <a href="/wiki/Jessy_Dixon" title="Jessy Dixon">Jessy Dixon</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> on the album Get Away Jordan <a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a></li> <li>2006 – <a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> on the album Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South <a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a></li> <li>2006 – <a href="/wiki/The_Be_Good_Tanyas" title="The Be Good Tanyas">The Be Good Tanyas</a><a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> on the album <a href="/wiki/Hello_Love_(The_Be_Good_Tanyas_album)" title="Hello Love (The Be Good Tanyas album)">Hello Love</a></li> <li>2006 – Boxcar Preachers <a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> on the album Auto-Body Experience <a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a></li> <li>2006 – Judy Cook <a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> on the album If You Sing Songs ... <a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a></li> <li>2006 – The Great Gospel Crew <a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> on the album The Greatest Gospel Music <a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a></li> <li>2007 – John Reischman and The Jaybirds <a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> on the album Stellar Jays <a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a></li> <li>2008 – <a href="/wiki/Murry_Hammond" class="mw-redirect" title="Murry Hammond">Murry Hammond</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> on the album I Don't Know Where I'm Going but I'm on My Way <a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a></li> <li>2009 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Byrnes_(actor)" title="Jim Byrnes (actor)">Jim Byrnes</a><a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> on the album My Walking Stick <a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a></li> <li>2009 – The Habit <a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> on the album The Habit <a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a></li> <li>2010 – <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Greene" title="Buddy Greene">Buddy Greene</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> on the album A Few More Years <a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a></li> <li>2011 – The Bright Wings Chorus <a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> on the album ' <a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a></li> <li>2011 – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dead_Rock_West&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dead Rock West (page does not exist)">Dead Rock West</a><a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> on the album Bright Morning Stars <a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a></li> <li>2013 – The Quiet American <a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> on the album Wild Bill Jones <a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a><a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a></li> <li>2013 – <a href="/wiki/Marcy_Marxer" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcy Marxer">Marcy Marxer</a><a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> on the album Things Are Coming My Way <a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a></li> <li>2013 – <a href="/wiki/Mogwai" title="Mogwai">Mogwai</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> on the album <a href="/wiki/Les_Revenants_(album)" title="Les Revenants (album)">Les Revenants</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a></li> <li>2013 – <a href="/wiki/Mavis_Staples" title="Mavis Staples">Mavis Staples</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> on the album <a href="/wiki/One_True_Vine" title="One True Vine">One True Vine</a></li> <li>2013 – <a href="/wiki/Colin_Stetson" title="Colin Stetson">Colin Stetson</a> feat. <a href="/wiki/Justin_Vernon" title="Justin Vernon">Justin Vernon</a><a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> on the album New History Warfare, Vol. 3: To See More Light <a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a></li> <li>2014 – <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Fleck" title="Béla Fleck">Béla Fleck</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abigail_Washburn" title="Abigail Washburn">Abigail Washburn</a><a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> on the album Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn <a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a></li> <li>2016 – Consuelo's Revenge on the album Mercy</li> <li>2023 – <a href="/wiki/DeYarmond_Edison" title="DeYarmond Edison">DeYarmond Edison</a> on the album That Was Then: The Bickett Gallery Residency, North Carolina (Live)<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a></li></ul> <div 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