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2000 single by Godsmack

"Bad Religion"

Single by Godsmack

from the album Godsmack

Released

February 2000

Recorded

1996

Length

3:14

Sully Erna
Murdock

Godsmack singles chronology

"Voodoo"
(1999)

"Bad Religion"
(2000)

"Awake"
(2000)

This article is about the single by Godsmack. For the title track from Bad Religion's eponymous EP, see Bad Religion (EP).

"Bad Religion" is a song by Godsmack. It served as the fourth and final single from their eponymous debut album.

Meaning

According to Godsmack vocalist Sully Erna, once a practicing Wiccan, the song has an anti-abortion message. Erna says, "You don't even know me, yet you're deciding to kill me? Look, I'm here. I'm alive inside you. I can't be ignored."

Appearances

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, radio conglomerate Clear Channel Communications issued the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum, a list of 150 songs Clear Channel recommended to be removed from airplay. "Bad Religion" was on the list.

The song was also remade by Dale Oliver as an entrance song for TNA tag team The Naturals.

The song was featured in ATV Quad Power Racing 2 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. It was also featured in the 2003 film Mayor of the Sunset Strip.

Personnel

Sully Erna – vocals, rhythm guitar, drums
Tony Rombola – lead guitars, additional vocals
Robbie Merrill – bass
Andrew Murdock – producer

Chart positions

Singles U.S. Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
2000	Mainstream Rock Tracks	8
2000	Modern Rock Tracks	32

References

"Godsmack Goes Platinum: Chelsea Condos interviews the band that WAAF broke - Big Heavy World". Big Heavy World. June 1, 1999. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
"It's the End of the World as Clear Channel Knows It - Eliza Truitt - Slate Magazine". Slate Magazine. September 17, 2001. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
"Soundtracks for Mayor of the Sunset Strip". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
"Chart History: Godsmack". Billboard 200. January 21, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2012.

v t e Godsmack
Sully Erna Robbie Merrill Tony Rombola Shannon Larkin Lee Richards Joe D'Arco Tommy Stewart
Studio albums	All Wound Up... (1997) Godsmack (1998) Awake (2000) Faceless (2003) IV (2006) The Oracle (2010) 1000hp (2014) When Legends Rise (2018) Lighting Up the Sky (2023)
Extended plays	The Other Side (2004)
Live albums	Live & Inspired (2012)
Compilations	Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack (2007)
Videos	Live (2001) Smack This! (2002) Changes (2004)
Singles	"Whatever" "Keep Away" "Voodoo" "Bad Religion" "Awake" "Bad Magick" "Greed" "I Stand Alone" "Straight Out of Line" "Serenity" "Re-Align" "Running Blind" "Touché" "Speak" "Shine Down" "The Enemy" "Good Times Bad Times" "Whiskey Hangover" "Cryin' Like a Bitch" "Love-Hate-Sex-Pain" "Saints and Sinners" "1000hp" "Something Different" "Inside Yourself" "Come Together" "Bulletproof" "When Legends Rise" "Under Your Scars" "Unforgettable" "Surrender"
Other songs	"Vampires" "Sick of Life" "Releasing the Demons"
Related articles	Discography Avalon Sinner's Prayer Another Animal The Apocalypse Blues Revival Rockin' the Corps
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