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| album = [[13 (Black Sabbath album)|13]]
| album = [[13 (Black Sabbath album)|13]]
| released = 19 April 2013
| released = 19 April 2013
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| recorded = August 2012 – January 2013
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| studio = [[Shangri-La (recording studio)|Shangri-La]] ([[Malibu, California]])
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| genre = [[Doom metal]]<ref name="consequenceofsound" />
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| genre = [[Doom metal]]<ref>http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/04/listen-to-black-sabbaths-new-song-god-is-dead/</ref>
| length = 8:54
| length = 8:54
| label = [[Republic Records|Republic]]
| label =
* [[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]]
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* [[Republic Records|Republic]]
| writer = [[Geezer Butler]], [[Tony Iommi]], {{nowrap|[[Ozzy Osbourne]]}}
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| writer =
* [[Geezer Butler]]
* [[Tony Iommi]]
* [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
| producer = [[Rick Rubin]]
| producer = [[Rick Rubin]]
| prev_title = [[The Devil Cried]]
| prev_title = [[The Devil Cried]]
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| next_title = [[End of the Beginning (song)|End of the Beginning]]
| next_year = 2013
| next_year = 2013
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"'''God Is Dead?'''" is a song by English [[rock music|rock]] band [[Black Sabbath]], the second track on their nineteenth studio album, ''[[13 (Black Sabbath album)|13]]'' (2013). It was released as the album's lead single on 19 April 2013, the first Black Sabbath release with [[Ozzy Osbourne]] since "Psycho Man" and "Selling My Soul" from ''[[Reunion (Black Sabbath album)|Reunion]]'' (1998).
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"'''God Is Dead?'''" is a song by [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Black Sabbath]] featured on the album ''[[13 (Black Sabbath album)|13]]''. It is the first single from the album, and the first with [[Ozzy Osbourne]] since 1998's "Psycho Man" and "Selling My Soul" from ''[[Reunion (Black Sabbath album)|Reunion]]''. The song was released via an [[MP3]] download on Amazon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00CBEPK62/73407921 |title=God Is Dead?: Black Sabbath: MP3 Downloads |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=2013-05-13}}</ref> It was also available as a free download to those who pre-ordered the full album on [[iTunes]]. The song in its entirety was posted on the official [[YouTube]] channel in promotion of this. Both the song title and figure on the single's cover, by Heather Cassils, are a reference to [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], a German philosopher who is famous for saying that "[[God is dead]]. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.black-sabbath.com/discography/blacksabbath/13album/ |title=13 — Black Sabbath Online |publisher=Black-sabbath.com |accessdate=2013-05-13}}</ref> The song is Black Sabbath's longest song.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stolz |first=Nolan |title=Experiencing Black Sabbath: A Listener's Companion |year=2017 |pages=81 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-5691-0}}</ref>


==Composition==
"God Is Dead?" reached No. 6 on the UK Rock Charts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/10/2013-05-04/ |title=2013-05-04 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive |publisher=Official Charts |date=2013-05-04 |accessdate=2013-05-13}}</ref>
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"God Is Dead?" has been described as a [[doom metal]] song.<ref name="consequenceofsound" >{{cite web |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/04/listen-to-black-sabbaths-new-song-god-is-dead/ |title=Listen to Black Sabbath's new song, "God Is Dead?" |author=CoS Staff |website=Consequence of Sound |date=18 April 2013 }}</ref> Both the song title and figure on the single's cover, by Heather Cassils, are a reference to [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], a German philosopher who is famous for saying that "[[God is dead]]. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.black-sabbath.com/discography/blacksabbath/13album/ |title=13 — Black Sabbath Online |publisher=Black-sabbath.com |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> It is one of Black Sabbath's longer original compositions, second to "Megalomania" from their 1975 album, ''[[Sabotage (Black Sabbath album)|Sabotage]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stolz |first=Nolan |title=Experiencing Black Sabbath: A Listener's Companion |year=2017 |pages=199 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-5691-0}}</ref>


==Release and reception==
The music video, directed by [[Peter Joseph]], known for the ''[[Zeitgeist: The Movie|Zeitgeist]]'' film series,<ref name="godisdeadvideo">{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhhOU5FUPBE |title=Black Sabbath – God Is Dead? |accessdate=11 June 2013 |author=[[Black Sabbath]] |date=10 June 2013 |publisher=[[Vevo]]}}</ref> was released on 10 June 2013.
The song was released via an [[MP3]] download on [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00CBEPK62/73407921 |title=God Is Dead?: Black Sabbath: MP3 Downloads |publisher=Amazon.com |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> and was also available as a free download to those who pre-ordered the full album on [[iTunes]]. The song in its entirety was posted on the official [[YouTube]] channel in promotion of this. The music video for the song, directed by [[Peter Joseph]], known for the ''[[Zeitgeist: The Movie|Zeitgeist]]'' film series,<ref name="godisdeadvideo">{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhhOU5FUPBE |title=Black Sabbath – God Is Dead? |access-date=11 June 2013 |author=Black Sabbath |author-link=Black Sabbath |date=10 June 2013 |publisher=[[Vevo]]}}</ref> was released on 10 June 2013. The song was featured in the second promo for the sixth season of ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'', a [[FX (network)|FX]] network television series.


"God Is Dead?" reached number 6 on the UK Rock Charts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20130428/111/ |title=2013-05-04 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=4 May 2013 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> It was ranked the 14th-best Black Sabbath song by ''Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rehe |first1=Christoph |title=Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check: alle Alben, alle Songs. Ein eclipsed-Buch |date=2013 |publisher=Sysyphus Sysyphus Verlags GmbH |isbn=978-3868526462 |language=de}}</ref> The song later won the [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]] on 26 January 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/black-sabbath-wins-best-hard-rockmetal-performance-grammy-award/|title=Black Sabbath Wins 'Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance' Grammy Award|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date=26 January 2014|access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> the band's first Grammy Award in 14 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wcsx.com/gmi/classicrocknews/2013/12/11/black-sabbath-gives-statement-about-grammy-nominations#.UuW8e9LTncs |title=Black Sabbath Gives Statement About Grammy Nominations |publisher=wcsx.com |date=26 January 2014 |access-date=26 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213230857/http://www.wcsx.com/gmi/classicrocknews/2013/12/11/black-sabbath-gives-statement-about-grammy-nominations#.UuW8e9LTncs |archive-date=13 December 2013 }}</ref> Also in 2014, the song won a [[Planet Rock (radio station)|Planet Rock]] Award for Best British Single.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/the-rocks-winners/ |title=The Rocks 2020 winners revealed |date=21 February 2020 |website=Planet Rock |author=Scott Colothan |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200311144238/https://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/the-rocks-winners/ |archive-date=11 March 2020 |url-status=live}}<!-- Linked page is for 2020 winners with a recap of previous years - 2014 page nowhere to be found. Might change in the future. Page is doesn't allow archiving on Wayback machine. Used different archive service. --></ref>
The song was featured in the second promo for the sixth season of ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'', a [[FX (network)|FX]] network [[television series]].

The song won the [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]] on January 26, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/black-sabbath-wins-best-hard-rockmetal-performance-grammy-award/|title=Black Sabbath Wins 'Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance' Grammy Award|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date=2014-01-26|accessdate=2014-01-26}}</ref> This was Black Sabbath's first Grammy Award in 14 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wcsx.com/gmi/classicrocknews/2013/12/11/black-sabbath-gives-statement-about-grammy-nominations#.UuW8e9LTncs |title=Black Sabbath Gives Statement About Grammy Nominations |publisher=wcsx.com |date=2014-01-26 |accessdate=2014-01-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213230857/http://www.wcsx.com/gmi/classicrocknews/2013/12/11/black-sabbath-gives-statement-about-grammy-nominations#.UuW8e9LTncs |archivedate=2013-12-13 }}</ref>


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Ozzy Osbourne]] – [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Ozzy Osbourne]] – vocals
*[[Tony Iommi]] – [[guitar]]
*[[Tony Iommi]] – guitar
*[[Geezer Butler]] – [[bass guitar]]
*[[Geezer Butler]] – bass guitar
'''Additional musician'''
*[[Brad Wilk]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]
*[[Brad Wilk]] – drums

==Chart performance==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for "God Is Dead?"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2013)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Canada|79|artist=Black Sabbath|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 March 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|6|artist=Black Sabbath|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 March 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|99|artist=Black Sabbath|song=God Is Dead?|songid=1134696|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 March 2021}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="zobbel">{{Cite web |title=Chart Log UK - Weekly Updates: Sales 2013 |url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK2013.HTM |access-date=11 March 2021 |website=zobbel.de}}</ref>
| 139
|-
{{single chart|UKrock|6|date=20130428|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 February 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|26|artist=Black Sabbath|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 March 2021}}
|}

==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Black Sabbath|title=God is Dead?|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2013|certyear=2024|access-date=10 June 2024}}
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Black Sabbath}}
{{Black Sabbath}}

==External links==
*{{YouTube|wVfUimq2KeI|"God Is Dead?" (Official audio)}}

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Latest revision as of 17:55, 28 June 2024

"God Is Dead?"
Single by Black Sabbath
from the album 13
Released19 April 2013
RecordedAugust 2012 – January 2013
StudioShangri-La (Malibu, California)
GenreDoom metal[1]
Length8:54
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rick Rubin
Black Sabbath singles chronology
"The Devil Cried"
(2007) 		"God Is Dead?"
(2013) 		"End of the Beginning"
(2013)
Music video
"God Is Dead?" on YouTube

"God Is Dead?" is a song by English rock band Black Sabbath, the second track on their nineteenth studio album, 13 (2013). It was released as the album's lead single on 19 April 2013, the first Black Sabbath release with Ozzy Osbourne since "Psycho Man" and "Selling My Soul" from Reunion (1998).

Composition

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"God Is Dead?" has been described as a doom metal song.[1] Both the song title and figure on the single's cover, by Heather Cassils, are a reference to Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher who is famous for saying that "God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?".[2] It is one of Black Sabbath's longer original compositions, second to "Megalomania" from their 1975 album, Sabotage.[3]

Release and reception

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The song was released via an MP3 download on Amazon[4] and was also available as a free download to those who pre-ordered the full album on iTunes. The song in its entirety was posted on the official YouTube channel in promotion of this. The music video for the song, directed by Peter Joseph, known for the Zeitgeist film series,[5] was released on 10 June 2013. The song was featured in the second promo for the sixth season of Sons of Anarchy, a FX network television series.

"God Is Dead?" reached number 6 on the UK Rock Charts.[6] It was ranked the 14th-best Black Sabbath song by Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check.[7] The song later won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance on 26 January 2014,[8] the band's first Grammy Award in 14 years.[9] Also in 2014, the song won a Planet Rock Award for Best British Single.[10]

Personnel

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Additional musician

Chart performance

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Chart performance for "God Is Dead?"
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[11] 79
Canada Rock (Billboard)[12] 6
Germany (Official German Charts)[13] 99
UK Singles (OCC)[14] 139
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[15] 6
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[16] 26

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[17] Gold 30,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ a b CoS Staff (18 April 2013). "Listen to Black Sabbath's new song, "God Is Dead?"". Consequence of Sound.
  2. ^ "13 — Black Sabbath Online". Black-sabbath.com. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. ^ Stolz, Nolan (2017). Experiencing Black Sabbath: A Listener's Companion. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-4422-5691-0.
  4. ^ "God Is Dead?: Black Sabbath: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. ^ Black Sabbath (10 June 2013). "Black Sabbath – God Is Dead?". Vevo. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  6. ^ "2013-05-04 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  7. ^ Rehe, Christoph (2013). Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check: alle Alben, alle Songs. Ein eclipsed-Buch (in German). Sysyphus Sysyphus Verlags GmbH. ISBN 978-3868526462.
  8. ^ "Black Sabbath Wins 'Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance' Grammy Award". Blabbermouth.net. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Black Sabbath Gives Statement About Grammy Nominations". wcsx.com. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  10. ^ Scott Colothan (21 February 2020). "The Rocks 2020 winners revealed". Planet Rock. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Black Sabbath Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Black Sabbath Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Black Sabbath – God Is Dead?" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Chart Log UK - Weekly Updates: Sales 2013". zobbel.de. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  16. ^ "Black Sabbath Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Brazilian single certifications – Black Sabbath – God is Dead?" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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