God Is a Girl

"God Is a Girl" is the third and final single from German trance group Groove Coverage's debut album, Covergirl.

This article is about the song. For the concept, see Gender of God.
Not to be confused with God Is a Woman.
"God Is a Girl"
Single by Groove Coverage
from the album Covergirl
Released2002
GenreTrance
LabelZeitgeist (Universal)
Suprime:Music
Songwriter(s)Ole Wierk, Axel Konrad, Lou Bega, Per Gessle
Groove Coverage singles chronology
"Moonlight Shadow"
(2002)		 "God Is a Girl"
(2002)		 "Poison"
(2003)

Plagiarism
See also: Music plagiarism

The chorus of the song uses a melody piece from "Jefferson", a Roxette song from their Room Service album (2001).[1] The writer of "Jefferson", Per Gessle, made an arrangement with Groove Coverage to receive a rumoured 50% of royalties from the song,[2][3] though Gessle said that figure was "...far from the truth."[1] Gessle is listed as one of the song's official songwriters/composers on BMI's website.[4]

Music video

The music video depicts a faith healing ritual conducted in a church. It features Verena Rehm as the lead singer of the church, and DJ Novus as the faith healer. During the ritual, the girl at the front of the altar is presented as the god. DJ Novus conducts faith healing to the audiences, while at the same time asking them for donations, an obvious reference to Peter Popoff.

Cover versions

Singaporean artist Jocie Guo Mei Mei covered the song under the name "Ai Qing Nü Shen (Love Goddess)" on her 2nd album, "My Darling." A music video accompanies it.

Electronic duo W&W remade the song in collaboration with Groove Coverage in 2018.

Track listing
  1. "God Is a Girl" (Radio Edit) – 3:37
  2. "God Is a Girl" (Album Version) – 3:04
  3. "God Is a Girl" (Extended Version) – 7:10
  4. "God Is a Girl" (Axel Konrad Remix) – 6:41
  5. "God Is a Girl" (Rocco Remix) – 6:54

Charts

"God Is a Girl" was very successful in Germany and Austria. "God Is a Girl" reached number 1 in China and there were 1.5 million legal downloads.

References
  1. Petersson, Claes (2003-02-24). "Per Gessle i ny låtstrid". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
  2. Olson, Lars-Erik (2003-01-31). "Groove Coverage forced to turn over 50% of royalties". The Daily Roxette. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  3. "Groove Coverage's bio. on Eurodance LTD's website". Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  4. "'God Is a Girl' details". BMI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
  5. "Austriancharts.at – Groove Coverage – God is a Girl" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  6. "Ultratop.be – Groove Coverage – God is a Girl" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Groove Coverage – God Is a Girl". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  8. "Polish Airplay Charts - Lista krajowa 28/2003". PiF PaF Production. Archived from the original on October 22, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  9. "Swisscharts.com – Groove Coverage – God is a Girl". Swiss Singles Chart.
  10. "Jahreshitparade Singles 2003". austriancharts.at. Retrieved May 1, 2020.


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