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Alternate reality

"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" was a 20th century blues song from Earth performed by Albert King.

In the alternate reality, this song was playing in a bar in 2259 where James T. Kirk was drowning his sorrows after his command of the USS Enterprise was taken away and given back to Admiral Christopher Pike. (Star Trek Into Darkness)

King released his song in 1971, covering a version by Loretta Lynn from 1965.

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