"Oh My God" is the debut song by

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musician

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. The song was originally released in October 2007 but was to be re-released in the UK following the success of her previous single, "

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". The re-release date was pushed back several times; however, it was eventually rescheduled on 26 January 2009 along with a music video.

Chart performance

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comedy Big Mouth. Additionally, the song has been used in promos for the CW show ''

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'', and was featured in episode #386 of the radio version of ''

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'' entitled "Fine Print". It followed a story on health insurance. The song was also featured in several movie trailers, including ''

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'' and ''

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''. "Oh My God" is one of the songs featured in the video game ''

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.''

Critical reception

The

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rated it the 50th best song of 2008. ''

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'' critic

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named this the #3 song of 2008, whereas

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rated this the #2 song of the year. After the song was re-released, ''

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'' named it as the best song of 2009.

Iggy Pop Remix

In September 2009, a remix of the song along with a music video was released with

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providing

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and appearing in the video.

References

External links

Ida Maria - Official websiteMusic Video Link
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