God Is a DJ (Faithless song)

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"God Is a DJ"

UK / European Cover
Single by Faithless
from the album Sunday 8PM
Released	24 August 1998
Format	CD single
Genre	Trip-hop/Dance
Length	08:01
Label	Cheeky Records/BMG
Producer(s)	Rollo, Sister Bliss
Chart positions
#6 UK (1998) #1 US Dance/Club Play #1 NL #66 UK (2005)
Faithless singles chronology
Reverence (1997)	God Is a DJ (1998)	Take The Long Way Home (1998)
Alternative Cover #1

Greek Cover
Alternative Cover #2

12" Cover

"God Is a DJ" is a trip-hop and dance song released on 24 August 1998. The single reached number six in the United Kingdom and also reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week in September 1998.^[1]

The song was written by Maxi Jazz, Rollo, Sister Bliss and Jamie Catto and featured on the band's second album, Sunday 8PM. Faithless won a BRIT Award for Best British Act in 1999 for their work on the song and other tracks on Sunday PM. Billboard claimed in an article in early 1999 that many people involved with dance music thought that "God Is a DJ" should have been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording of 1998.^[2]

The song re-entered the UK chart in 2005 following the release of Forever Faithless and reached #66.

1 Sample
2 Track listing
3 Notes

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[edit] UK CD Release

God Is A DJ (Radio Edit) - 03:34
God Is A DJ (Monster Mix) [edit] - 06:52
God Is A DJ (Serious Danger Remix) [edit] - 05:09
God Is A DJ (Sharp Remix) [edit] - 04:27

[edit] European CD Release

God Is A DJ (Radio Edit) - 03:33
God Is A DJ (Monster Mix) [edit] - 06:53
God Is A DJ (Serious Danger Remix) [edit] - 05:09
God Is A DJ (Sharp Remix) [edit] - 04:26

[edit] French CD Release

God Is A DJ (Radio Mix) - 03:32
God Is A DJ (Sharp Remix) - 04:26

[edit] Greek CD Release

God Is A DJ (Radio Edit) - 03:33
God Is A DJ (Monster Mix) - 06:53
God Is A DJ (Serious Danger Remix) - 05:09
God Is A DJ (Sharp Remix) - 04:26

[edit] 12" Release

God Is A DJ (Monster Mix) - 08:01
God Is A DJ (Sharp Remix) - 09:21

[edit] Notes

^ Rock on the Net - Faithless
^ Billboard, 23 January 1999, Vol. 111 Issue 4, p34, Accessed through EBBSCO Publishing, 20 May 1999

Faithless
Current Members: Sister Bliss \| Maxi Jazz \| Rollo
Previous Members: Jamie Catto
Discography
Studio albums: Reverence \| Reverence / Irreverence \| Sunday 8PM \| Sunday 8PM / Saturday 3AM \| Outrospective \| Outrospective / Reperspective \| No Roots \| Everything Will Be Alright Tomorrow \| To All New Arrivals
Compilation Albums: Back to Mine \| The Bedroom Sessions \| Forever Faithless - The Greatest Hits \| Renaissance 3D
DVDs: Live at The Melkweg Amsterdam \| Forever Faithless - The Greatest Hits \| Live At Alexandra Palace
Singles: Salva Mea \| Insomnia \| Don't Leave \| If Lovin' You is Wrong \| Reverence \| God Is A DJ \| Take the Long Way Home \| Bring My Family Back \| Why Go? \| We Come 1 \| Muhammad Ali \| Tarantula / Crazy English Summer \| One Step Too Far \| Dub Be Good to Me \| Mass Destruction \| I Want More \| Miss U Less, See U More \| No Roots \| Why Go? 2005 \| Insomnia 2005 \| Fatty Boo \| Reasons (Saturday Night) \| Bombs
Collaborating Artists
Ken Boothe \| Boy George \| Rachael Brown \| Cat Power \| Harry Collier \| Dido \| Ian Dury \| Cass Fox \| The Hiites \| Zoë Johnston \| Jimmy Jones \| LSK \| One Eskimo \| Steve Rowland \| Penny Shaw \| Nina Simone \| Robert Smith \| Estelle Swaray \| Pauline Taylor