Go Like Elijah
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| name = Go Like Elijah
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| type = single
| artist = Chi Coltrane
| album = Chi Coltrane
| B-side = It's Really Come to This
| released = 1973
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| genre = Pop
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| label = Columbia Records
| writer = Chi Coltrane
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| next_year = 1974
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"Go Like Elijah" is a 1973 song by Chi Coltrane. It was a number one hit in the Netherlands at the time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hitzound.com/chi-coltrane-scoort-hit-met-go-like-elijah-1973/|title = Chi Coltrane scoort hit met 'Go Like Elijah' (1973)|date = 27 January 2021}} It stayed in the Dutch Top 40 for one month.{{Cite web|url=http://goldenflashbackshow.weebly.com/the-story-of-chi-coltrane.html|title = The story of..... Chi Coltrane}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.charlesdonovan.com/2017/10/26/chi-coltrane-rediscovered/|title = Chi Coltrane Bio and Interview Upon Release of New Remastered Collection 2017|date = 26 October 2017}} In the Netherlands it was released with "It's Really Come to This" as its B-side.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/244591-Chi-Coltrane-Go-Like-Elijah|title = Chi Coltrane - Go Like Elijah|website = Discogs| year=1972 }}
The song can be found on her album Chi Coltrane (1973).
Lyrics
The lyrics describe how the singer wants to rise up to Heaven after her death in the same manner as the biblical prophet Elijah who, according to a Bible passage, was lifted up in the sky by a chariot pulled by fiery horses.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hitzound.com/chi-coltrane-scoort-hit-met-go-like-elijah-1973/|title = Chi Coltrane scoort hit met 'Go Like Elijah' (1973)|date = 27 January 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nporadio2.nl/muziek/nummers/f8094471-a0ff-4bbf-94c1-bbf4be30e440/go-like-elijah|title = Go Like Elijah - Chi Coltrane}} The song is notable for its gospel arrangement and turning the subject of death into a celebration. In an interview Coltrane explained that she did not set out to write the song as a gospel tune, but first and foremost as her true expressions about death.{{Cite web|url=https://www.xecutives.net/chi-coltrane-about-her-spiritual-life-michael-jacksons-death-elvis-presley-and-life-behind-the-music-biz-scene/|title = Chi Coltrane about her spiritual life, Michael Jackson's death, Elvis Presley and life behind the music biz scene|date = 21 July 2009}}
Charts
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| scope=col | Chart (1973)
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| {{Single chart|Flanders|7|artist=Chi Coltrane|song=Go Like Elijah|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Single chart|Wallonia|8|artist=Chi Coltrane|song=Go Like Elijah|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=Chi Coltrane|song=Go Like Elijah|rowheader=true}} |