"Dear God" is a country rock song by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. It was released as the fourth single from their self-titled fourth studio album, and is the closing track on the album.
Overview
"Dear God" was released as the fourth single from the album. The song was a deviation from the band's usual heavy metal style, taking on more of a country feel. Johnny Christ stated that the inspiration for the song came from the band's friendship with country act Big & Rich. Their influence can be heard in the background vocals of MuzikMafia member Shanna Crooks.
Track listing
Charts
Personnel
All credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
- Avenged Sevenfold
- M. Shadows – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Zacky Vengeance – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- The Rev - drums, percussion, piano, backing vocals
- Synyster Gates – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Johnny Christ – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Session musicians
- Lap, pedal steel and banjo by Greg Leisz
- Additional vocals by Shanna Crooks
- Production
- Produced by Avenged Sevenfold
- Engineered by Fred Archambault and Dave Schiffman, assisted by Clifton Allen, Chris Steffen, Robert DeLong, Aaron Walk, Mike Scielzi, and Josh Wilbur
- Mixed by Andy Wallace
- Mastered by Brian Gardner
- Drum tech by Mike Fasano
- Guitar tech by Walter Rice
- 'Fan Producers for a Day' (MVI) by Daniel McLaughlin and Christopher Guinn
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