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Dear God (Elton John song)

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Released
  
14 November 1980

Genre
  
Soft rock

Label
  
Rocket

Recorded
  
August 1979

Length
  
3:45

B-side
  
"Tactics" "Steal Away Child" "Love So Cold"

"Dear God" is a song by Elton John with lyrics by Gary Osborne. It's the sixth track on his 1980 album, 21 at 33. It is the shortest track on the album, and when released as a single, it failed to break any major charts. It did, however, reach No. 82 on the Australian singles chart.

It was originally intended to be released with only the one B-side, "Tactics", but the actual release came as a double-disc set, with the other disc being "Steal Away Child" and "Love So Cold"; two tracks that were later used as b-sides for the Breaking Hearts album, and have yet to surface on a CD release.

Like many Elton John songs previously, this song benefited from backing vocals from The Beach Boys, Toni Tennille and Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits.

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Dear God (Elton John song) Wikipedia