Bad Religion (song)

"Bad Religion"
Single by Godsmack
from the album Godsmack
ReleasedFebruary 2000[citation needed]
Recorded1996
Length3:14
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Godsmack singles chronology
"Voodoo"
(1999) 		"Bad Religion"
(2000) 		"Awake"
(2000)
This article is about the single by Godsmack. For the title track from Bad Religion's eponymous EP, see Bad Religion (EP).

"Bad Religion" is a song by Godsmack. It served as the fourth and final single from their eponymous debut album.

Meaning

According to Godsmack vocalist Sully Erna, once a practicing Wiccan, the song has an anti-abortion message. Erna says, "You don't even know me, yet you're deciding to kill me? Look, I'm here. I'm alive inside you. I can't be ignored."[1]

Appearances

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, radio conglomerate Clear Channel Communications issued the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum, a list of 150 songs Clear Channel recommended to be removed from airplay. "Bad Religion" was on the list.[2]

The song was also remade by Dale Oliver as an entrance song for TNA tag team The Naturals.[citation needed]

The song was featured in ATV Quad Power Racing 2 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube.[citation needed] It was also featured in the 2003 film Mayor of the Sunset Strip.[3]

Personnel

Chart positions

Singles U.S. Billboard[4]

Year Chart Position
2000 Mainstream Rock Tracks 8
Modern Rock Tracks 32

References

  1. ^ "Godsmack Goes Platinum: Chelsea Condos interviews the band that WAAF broke - Big Heavy World". Big Heavy World. June 1, 1999. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "It's the End of the World as Clear Channel Knows It - Eliza Truitt - Slate Magazine". Slate Magazine. September 17, 2001. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
  3. ^ "Soundtracks for Mayor of the Sunset Strip". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
  4. ^ "Chart History: Godsmack". Billboard 200. January 21, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
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