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"God Only Knows" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher, it is a baroque-style love song distinguished for its harmonic innovation and complexity, unusual instrumentation, and subversion of typical popular music conventions, both lyrically and musically. It is ...
"God Only Knows" was released as the third promotional single from Burn the Ships on 27 July 2018; the duo also released the song's music video. [3] On 11 January 2019, "God Only Knows" was released to Christian radio as the second single from the album. [5]
On July 18, "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (B-side "God Only Knows") was released as a single, peaking at number 8 on September 2. [307] Billboard ultimately ranked the album at number 43 on its "Top Pop Albums of 1966" list. [308]
"God Only Knows" famously plays out during the end credits of "Love Actually," a classic rom-com. "God only knows what I'd be without you," the song goes — and the singer never hopes to find out.
God Only Knows" is an "emotional track full of hope", [18] that tackles depression and suicide, [17] which could "easily be paired with Imagine Dragons or Fun any day". [16] The music video of "God Only Knows" ends with the number for the National Suicide Prevention Line. [19] "
Contracts at that time stipulated that promoters hire "Carl Wilson plus four other musicians". Following his lead vocal performance on "God Only Knows" in 1966, Carl was increasingly lead vocalist for the band, a role previously dominated by Mike Love and Brian. He sang leads on the singles "Good Vibrations", "Darlin'", and "Wild Honey". [3]
The music video for their third single, "God Only Knows", was released on November 29, 2013, on YouTube and Vevo. God Only Knows peaked at number 11 in Australia and at number 19 in New Zealand. In 2013, they served as the opening for Emblem3 on their summer tour across the United States.
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