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

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''. The song deals with a fictional character called John Johanna, on trial for murder. To explain his actions, John defends himself by saying that

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told him to do this. The song features

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imagery.

Video

The video for the song was first aired on

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show ''Rage'' in June 2007. The video was directed by Natasha Pinkus, and was filmed in a single shot. The video was nominated for a Dendy award at the 2007

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and won the 2007 Inside Film Award for 'Best Music Video'.

Personnel

Credits: * Paul Kelly - acoustic guitar, lead vocals * Dan Kelly - electric guitar,

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, vocals * Dan Ludscombe - electric guitar, keyboards, vocals * Peter Ludscombe - drums,

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* Bill McDonald - bass

References

{{authority control 2007 singles Paul Kelly (Australian musician) songs 2007 songs Songs written by Paul Kelly (Australian musician) EMI Records singles