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"Clapton is God" is a 1960s meme referencing the English guitarist Eric Clapton. The line was popularised after being spray-painted on a wall in London during the mid-1960s, when Clapton was a member of the Yardbirds and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers , creating the cult of the guitar hero.
"By the Grace of God" is a song by American singer Katy Perry from her fourth studio album, Prism (2013), included as the standard edition's final track. The song was written and produced by Perry and Canadian record producer Greg Wells. It was conceived following Perry's divorce from English actor and comedian Russell Brand. This initially ...
"God's Great Banana Skin" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in November 1992 by East West Records as the second single from his 12th studio album, God's Great Banana Skin (1992). The song was written and produced by Rea, [2] and reached No. 31 on the UK Singles Chart, remaining on the chart for three weeks.
The Irish rock band U2 wrote and recorded the song "God Part II" as an answer song to Lennon's "God". Included in U2's 1988 album Rattle and Hum, "God Part II" reprises the "don't believe in" motif from Lennon's song and its lyrics explicitly reference Lennon's 1970 song "Instant Karma!" and American biographer Albert Goldman, author of the controversial book The Lives of John Lennon (1988).
In 2008, the song was included in the release of Christian Worship: Supplement for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). [8] In 2015, the song was listed among the "Fifty Favorite Hymns" in a WELS survey. [9] [10] In 2013, the song was sung at the enthronement of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury. [11]
[13] Finally, asking people to be kind and unselfish, Esmeralda sings, "Please help my people, the poor and downtrod/I thought we all were the children of God.” [43] In The Gospel According to Disney, author Mark I. Pinsky drew similarities between "God Help the Outcasts" and the Christian hymn "His Eye Is on the Sparrow," as both songs ...
The Sherman brothers' "It's a Small World" song first debuted as part of the It's a Small World boat ride at the 1964 New York World's Fair, in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund.
"People" is a song composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Bob Merrill for the 1964 Broadway musical Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand, who introduced the song. The song was released as a single in 1964 with " I Am Woman ", a solo version of "You Are Woman, I Am Man", also from Funny Girl .