"800 Pound Jesus" is a song recorded by American country music group Sawyer Brown.
The song reached number 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
[2][3] Co-writer Paul Thorn previously recorded the song on his 1997 album Hammer and Nail; when Sawyer Brown lead singer Mark Miller heard the song on that album, he contacted Thorn and asked for permission to record it.
[3] Billboard published a positive review of the song, which described both Mark Miller's lead vocals and the production as "on target".
The review also called the song "quirky but extremely likable" and "an amusing little ditty with a deeper message".