"Thank God for Girls" is a song by American
rock
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band
Weezer
Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Scott Shriner (bass guitar, keyboards, backing v ...
. 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
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Radio format
Mod ...
stations in the
United States
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. It impacted more than twice as many stations as the next most-added song,
The 1975's "
Love Me."
Music video
The official music video was released on November 16, 2015.
[ Prior to this, a lyric video for the song was posted to Weezer's ]VEVO
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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
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's " Uma Thurman."
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
2015 singles
2015 songs
Rap rock songs
Songs written by Rivers Cuomo
Weezer songs
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