Thank God for Girls (song)

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"Thank God for Girls"
Song

"Thank God for Girls" is a song by the American rock band Weezer. The song was released on October 26, 2015. The release of the song was accompanied by a lyric video which prominently features the cannoli mentioned in the song's first verse.

Commercial reception

After two days of radio airplay, "Thank God for Girls" was ranked as the most-added song of the week on alternative radio stations in the United States. It impacted more than twice as many stations as the next most-added song, The 1975's "Love Me." [4]

Music video

The official music video was released on November 16, 2015.[2] Prior to this, a lyric video for the song was posted to Weezer's VEVO channel on October 25, 2015, a day prior to the song's official release. It was directed by Scantron Films, a production company whose credits also include the music video for Fall Out Boy's "Uma Thurman."[5]

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[6] 13
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[7] 15
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[8] 11

References

  1. ^ "Weezer Play 'Thank God for Girls' and 'Do You Wanna Get High?' on 'Undateable'". Fuse. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Weezer". Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  3. ^ @AlexGoose (October 26, 2015). "Check out Weezer's new single I worked on. "Thank God For Girls"!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Weezer's "Thank God for Girls" Ranks as Alternative Radio's Most-Added Song". Headline Planet. October 27, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Scantron Films - Videography". IMVDb. 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Weezer Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  7. ^ "Weezer Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  8. ^ "Weezer Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2015.