Song · Kaiser Chiefs
“Oh My God” by Kaiser Chiefs
From the album Employment (2005)
“Oh My God” by Kaiser Chiefs appears on 10 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2005 and 2013. It was first released in 2005 on the album Employment. Its best result is #47 on The End Top 107 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #236 alternative song of 2005 and #6,114 alternative song of all time.
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"Oh My God" had to be released twice before it took. Kaiser Chiefs first put it out through Drowned in Sound in May 2004, their first single under that name after an earlier life as Parva, whose album and singles had gone nowhere before the label folded underneath them. It stalled at number 66. Reissued in February 2005, a fortnight ahead of Employment, it climbed to number six in the UK and gave them their first top-10 hit.
Stephen Street produced it and mixed it with Cenzo Townshend, and it's the full band firing at once: Ricky Wilson up front, Andrew White on guitar, Simon Rix on bass, Nick Baines on keyboards and Nick Hodgson on drums and backing vocals. That original pressing ran to just 500 copies, sleeved in Wilson's own artwork.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 47 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2005 | 107 |
| 2005 | 101 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 130 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 91 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005 | 103 |
| 2005 | 345 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1763 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1859 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1884 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1942 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 54 | BBC Radio 6 Music | BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years | 100 |
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