Song · Faithless
“God Is a DJ” by Faithless
From the album Sunday 8pm (1998)
“God Is a DJ” by Faithless appears on 9 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1998 and 2007. It was first released in 1998 on the album Sunday 8pm. Its best result is #39 on the Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #349 alternative song of 1999 and #3,269 alternative song of all time.
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"God Is a DJ" led Faithless into their second album, Sunday 8PM, arriving on 24 August 1998, and it's their church-of-the-dancefloor manifesto. The title came off a T-shirt guitarist Dave Randall wore to rehearsal, and Maxi Jazz spun the lyric out of it, with Rollo, Sister Bliss and Jamie Catto sharing the writing.
Rollo and Sister Bliss produced it, Sister Bliss's keyboards building the euphoric lift, and the club world took it as scripture. It hit number six in Britain, topped Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart that September, and helped win the band a Brit Award for Best British Act in 1999. It kept coming back: to number 66 after Forever Faithless in 2005, and to number 40 on the UK downloads chart after Maxi Jazz died in December 2022.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 76 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1998 | 98 |
| 1999 | 78 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1999 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 93 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2001) | 100 |
| 2002 | 99 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2002) | 100 |
| 2003 | 88 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2003) | 100 |
| 2004 | 53 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2004) | 100 |
| 2005 | 39 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2005) | 100 |
| 2006 | 61 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2006) | 100 |
| 2007 | 94 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2007) | 100 |
Also listed as: God Is A DJ; God Is A Dj.
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