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Good God (Korn song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = Good God

| cover = korn good god.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Korn

| album = Life Is Peachy

| released = {{start date|1997|11|7}}{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Korn-Good-God-French-Remixes/release/369459 |title=Korn – Good God (French Remixes) (CD) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date=November 21, 1997 |access-date=January 5, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Korn-nom_album-Good_God-l-en.html |title=Korn Good God (Single)- Spirit of Metal Webzine (en) |publisher=Spirit-of-metal.com |date=November 7, 1997 |access-date=January 5, 2014}}

| recorded = 1996

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Nu metal{{Cite web | url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-heaviest-nu-metal-songs-all-time | title=10 Heaviest Nu-Metal Songs of All Time | date=April 25, 2022 }}

| length = 3:23{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Korn-Good-God-The-Mixes/release/386934 |title=Korn – Good God (The Mixes) (CD) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=January 5, 2014}}

| label = Epic

| writer = * Reginald Arvizu

| producer = Ross Robinson

| prev_title = A.D.I.D.A.S.

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = All in the Family

| next_year = 1998

}}

"Good God" is a song written and recorded by American nu metal band Korn for their second studio album, Life Is Peachy. It was released as the album's third single in November 1997.

Concept

Jonathan Davis explained, sometime before 2002: "It's about a guy I knew in school who I thought was my friend, but who fucked me. He came into my life with nothing, hung out at my house, lived off me, and made me do shit I didn't really wanna do. I was into new romantic music and he was a mod, and he'd tell me if I didn't dress like a mod he wouldn't be my friend anymore. Whenever I had plans to go on a date with a chick he'd sabotage it, because he didn't have a date or nothing. He was a gutless fucking nothing. I haven't talked to him for years."{{cite web|url=http://www.oocities.org/horrorofthekorn/lipmn.html |title=Horror Of The KoRn |publisher=Oocities.org |access-date=January 5, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.ws/jonhivster/meanings.html |title=The Meaning to Jon's Lyrics |publisher=Geocities.ws |access-date=January 5, 2014}}

Music video

An official live video, recorded at the London Astoria, is included on the enhanced version of Life Is Peachy.

Chart performance

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Chart (1997)

!Peak
position

align="left"|Australia (ARIA)Peak chart positions for singles in Australia:

  • All except "Good God", "Falling Away from Me", "Make Me Bad", "Coming Undone" and "Oildale (Leave Me Alone)": {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Korn |title=Discography Korn |work=australian-charts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=April 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024195243/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Korn |archive-date=October 24, 2012 }}
  • "Good God", "Falling Away from Me" and "Make Me Bad": {{cite book | title=Australian Chart Book 1993–2005 | last=Kent | first=David | author-link=David Kent (historian) | publisher=Australian Chart Book | location=St Ives, N.S.W. | year=2006 | isbn=0-646-45889-2}}

| style="text-align:center;"|81

{{single chart|Scotland|23|date=19970601|artist=Korn|song=Good God|access-date=July 25th, 2022}}
{{single chart|UK|25|date=19970607|artist=Korn|song=Good God|access-date=April 19, 2021}}
{{single chart|UKrock|2|date=19970601|artist=Korn|song=Good God|access-date=July 4, 2022}}

Credits

;Additional

  • Ross Robinson – producer
  • Chuck Johnson – engineer
  • Chuck Johnson and Richard Kaplan – mixing

Track list

= Australian release =

  1. "Good God" (Clean Version) – 3:35
  2. "Need To" (live) – 3:54
  3. "Good God" (Album Version) – 3:23
  4. "Good God" (Heartfloor Remix) by Rammstein – 3:33
  5. "Divine" (live) – 4:37
  6. "Good God" (Such A Surge Remix) – 4:05

= UK (Sony BMG) =

  • CD (2165){{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Korn-Good-God/release/558538 |title=Korn – Good God (CD) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=January 5, 2014}}
  1. "Good God" (Clean) – 3:30

= UK maxi-single release #1 =

  1. "Good God" (Album Version) – 3:20
  2. "Good God" (Mekon Mix) – 5:32
  3. "Good God" (Dub Pistols Mix) – 6:18
  4. "Wicked" (Tear the Roof Off Mix) – 3:45
  5. "Good God" (live video) – 3:40

= US maxi-single Release =

  • CD (41417)
  1. "Good God" (Heartfloor Remix) – 3:33
  2. "Good God" (OOMPH! vs. Such A Surge Mix) – 4:09

= UK maxi-single release #2 =

  1. "Good God" (Album Version) – 3:20
  2. "A.D.I.D.A.S." (Synchro Mix) – 4:29
  3. "A.D.I.D.A.S." (Under Pressure Mix) – 3:55
  4. "A.D.I.D.A.S." (The Wet Dream Mix) – 3:35

= German release #2 =

  1. "Good God" – 3:23
  2. "Good God" (Heartfloor Remix) – 3:33
  3. "Good God" (OOMPH! vs. Such A Surge Mix) – 4:09
  4. "Good God" (Headknot Remix) – 7:12
  5. "Good God" (Mekon Mix) – 5:33
  6. "Good God" (Dub Pistols Mix) – 6:17

= French remixes =

  1. "Good God" (Marc Em Remix) – 4:56
  2. "Good God" (Oneyed Jack Remix Kronick Bass) – 5:19
  3. "Good God" (Headknot Remix) – 7:12
  4. "A.D.I.D.A.S." (Synchro Dub Mix) – 4:29
  5. "Good God" – 3:23

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Category:1997 singles

Category:Korn songs

Category:1996 songs

Category:Epic Records singles

Category:Songs written by Reginald Arvizu

Category:Songs written by Jonathan Davis

Category:Songs written by James Shaffer

Category:Songs written by David Silveria

Category:Songs written by Brian Welch