"God" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It is the second track on Amos' 1994 album Under the Pink. The song reached number 44 on the UK singles chart as well as #1 on the US Modern Rock Chart which is to date her only number one song on that chart.
The song was Amos' response to patriarchy and the repression of women through religion. Lyrically it was heavily confrontational of male-deity headed religions, with lyrics like "God, ...
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"God" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It is the second track on Amos' 1994 album Under the Pink. The song reached number 44 on the UK singles chart as well as #1 on the US Modern Rock Chart which is to date her only number one song on that chart.
The song was Amos' response to patriarchy and the repression of women through religion. Lyrically it was heavily confrontational of male-deity headed religions, with lyrics like "God, sometimes you just don't come through/do you need a woman to look after you?" American radio was very hesitant to play the song because of its heavy use of guitars, so a promotional CD was released in the USA with two commercially unavailable mixes of the song: the "No Guitar" mix and the "Some Guitar" mix. The b-sides to the American release included Amos' reworking of the traditional song "Home on the Range", with new lyrics reflecting her Cherokee heritage, as well as a two-song instrumental piano suite. An American cassette single featured...
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