Would Jesus Wear a Rolex is a song written by Margaret Archer and Chet Atkins

Chet Atkins

Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...

, and recorded by Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens is an American country music, pop singer-songwriter who has become known for his novelty songs.-Early career:...

 in 1987 on his album Crackin' Up

Crackin' Up

-Album credits:As listed in liner notes.*Produced and arranged by: Ray Stevens*Recorded at: Ray Stevens Studio, Nashville, Tennessee*Engineer: Stuart Keathley*Mastered by: Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics*Mixed and mastered using the JVC Digital Mastering System...

. The song reached 41 on the US Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 charts and 45 on the Canadian Country charts.

The song tells of Stevens watching a televangelist, soliciting funds while wearing expensive clothing ("Asking me for $20, with $10,000 on his arm"). The remainder of the song consists of Stevens asking various questions in the manner of What Would Jesus Do?

What would Jesus do?

The phrase "What would Jesus do?" became popular in the United States in the 1990s and as a personal motto for adherents of Evangelical Christianity who used the phrase as a reminder of their belief in a moral imperative to act in a manner that would demonstrate the love of Jesus through the...

, in response to the televangelist's actions.