God Told Me To (song)

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God Told Me To is the first single from Australian songwriter Paul Kelly's album Stolen Apples.

[edit] Story

The song deals with a fictional character called John Johanna, on trial for murder. To explain his actions, John defends himself by saying that God told him to do this. The song continues Paul Kelly's affair with using biblical imagery in his songs.

[edit] Video

The video for the song was first aired on ABC music video show rage in June of 2007. The video was directed by Natasha Pinkus, and is done in a single shot. The camera zooms out slowly from Paul's eye, eventually revealing him to be tied up in a glass case in a pool of blood.

This video won the 2007 IF Award for best music video.