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“God” by Tori Amos

From the album Under the Pink (1994)

“God” by Tori Amos appears on 40 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1994 and 2025. It was first released in 1994 on the album Under the Pink. Its best result is #30 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #49 alternative song of 1994 and #422 alternative song of all time.

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Tori Amos - God (Official Music Video)

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"God" was the song Tori Amos sent out first in America to announce her second album, Under the Pink, in 1994, and the title alone told you she wasn't aiming low. Amos wrote it alone, produced it, sings it and plays piano, but this is no solo recital: Steve Caton's guitar scrapes and squalls around her, George Porter Jr. lays down a loose, rubbery bass line, Carlo Nuccio drums and Paulinho da Costa adds percussion. Kevin Killen mixed it.

The result is a tense, prickly groove, with Amos's voice by turns coy and cutting, a protest song pitched at the biggest target there is.

It went to number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and became her first single to crack the Hot 100. Melodie McDaniel directed the video, which finds Amos dancing among a swarm of brown rats.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 50 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 107
1994 30 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 106
1994 85 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101
1994 50 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 100
1994 30 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 94

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 481 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 326 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 484 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 320 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 361 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 185 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 163 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 95 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 230 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 95 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 232 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 103 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 332 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 291 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 103 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 287 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 295 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 103 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 103 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 236 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 104 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 301 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 540 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 541 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 545 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 538 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 537 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 531 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 530 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2018 701 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 432 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 432 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2021 890 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2023 413 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2025 279 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500

Charting alongside it in 1994

Best songs of 1994 →
  1. 1Black Hole SunSoundgarden
  2. 2CloserNine Inch Nails
  3. 3Self-EsteemThe Offspring
  4. 4Interstate Love SongStone Temple Pilots
  5. 5Come Out and PlayThe Offspring
  6. 6Basket CaseGreen Day

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