God is a Girl

"God is a Girl"
Single by Groove Coverage
from the album Covergirl
Released 2002
Format CD Single,
Maxi,
Promo
Genre Trance
Label Zeitgeist (Universal)
Suprime:Music
Groove Coverage singles chronology
"Moonlight Shadow"
(2002)		 "God is a Girl"
(2002)		 "Poison"
(2003)

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

Contents

Plagiarism

See also: Musical plagiarism

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

Cover Version

Chinese 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.

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

Chart Positions

"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 – an absolute coup for an international artist in China.

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Germany Singles Chart 8
Austrian Singles Chart 5
Swiss Singles Chart 70
China Singles Chart 1
Europe Singles Chart 37

References

  1. ^ "The Daily Roxette's page on 'God is a Girl' lawsuit". http://www.dailyroxette.com/node/876. Retrieved 2009-02-18. 
  2. ^ "Groove Coverage's bio. on Eurodance LTD's website". http://eurokdj.free.fr/search/eurodb.php?name=Groove%20Coverage. Retrieved 2009-02-18. 
  3. ^ "aftonbladet article on 'God is a Girl'". http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article124040.ab. Retrieved 2009-02-18. 
  4. ^ "'God is a Girl' on Broadcast Music Incorporated's website". http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=6528349&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID. Retrieved 2009-02-18. 
Groove Coverage
DJ Novus · Mell · Verena Rehm
Studio albums
Compilations
EPs
Singles
"Hit Me" · "Are U Ready" · "Moonlight Shadow" · "God is a Girl" · "Poison" · "The End" · "7 Years and 50 Days" · "Runaway" · "She" · "Holy Virgin" · "On The Radio" · "21st Century Digital Girl" · "Because I Love You" · "Innocent" · "Angeline"