Song · Vertical Horizon
“You're A God” by Vertical Horizon
From the album Everything You Want (1999)
“You're A God” by Vertical Horizon appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2000 and 2001. It was first released in 1999 on the album Everything You Want. Its best result is #28 on the G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #146 alternative song of 2000.
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"You're a God" came off Everything You Want, Vertical Horizon's third album on RCA, as the single after the title track, and Matt Scannell wrote it alone. Don't mistake it for a love song: the singer has said it's about the power we hand to people in our lives, and while that can be romantic, this time it wasn't.
Part of the spark was someone who held that kind of sway over Scannell and was making him miserable, until he saw he could take the power back by no longer looking up to them and looking down instead, which makes the title pure irony. Two versions exist: the album cut and a radio-and-video "Pop Mix" by Tom Lord-Alge. It climbed to No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and resurfaced in 2003 on the Bruce Almighty soundtrack from Varèse Sarabande.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 71 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 55 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 | 102 |
| 2000 | 63 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2001 | 28 | WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
Also listed as: You're a God.
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