<Table> <Tr> <Td> "You Better Think Twice" (1995) </Td> <Td> "Go Rest High on That Mountain" (1995) </Td> <Td> "High Lonesome Sound" (1996) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "You Better Think Twice" (1995) </Td> <Td> "Go Rest High on That Mountain" (1995) </Td> <Td> "High Lonesome Sound" (1996) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Go Rest High on That Mountain" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill . It was released in August 1995 as the sixth single from his album When Love Finds You . It is a eulogic ballad . Gill began writing the song following the death of country music superstar Keith Whitley, who died in 1989 . Gill did not finish the song until a few years later following the death of his older brother Bob, in 1993, of a heart attack . Ricky Skaggs and Patty Loveless both sang background vocals on the record . </P> <P> The song won the CMA's Song of the Year award in 1996 and a BMI Most - Performed Song award in 1997 . It also received two Grammy Awards for Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song in the 38th Grammy Awards . The single reached No. 14 on the Country Singles chart in 1995 . It has sold 648,000 digital copies in the US since becoming available for download . </P>

Go rest high on that mountain who wrote it