| Under the God | |
| Cover: | TinMachine_UnderTheGod.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Tin Machine |
| Album: | Tin Machine |
| B-Side: | Sacrifice Yourself |
| Released: | June 1989 |
| Recorded: | Montreux
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| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 4:06 |
| Label: | EMI |
| Next Title: | Tin Machine |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
"Under the God" is the first official single released by Anglo-American hard rock band Tin Machine, taken from their eponymous debut album in June 1989.
"Under the God", which came from a demo originally called "Night Train", was a song that excoriated Neo-Nazism.[1]
Although "Heaven's in Here" was actually the album's first single, it was only released promotionally, which made "Under the God" the first official single, released after the album was already available.[2]
Jerry Smith, reviewer of British music newspaper Music Week, reviewed the single positively, saying that it reminds him of Bowie's "Panic in Detroit" and expressed the assurance that it "should ignite the charts".[3]
The band elected not to create music videos for the album's singles, and instead created a 13-track megamix video for the entire album. The video, directed by Julien Temple, presented edits of each song in vignette form, and included "Under the God" masqueraded as a performance, with the audience storming the stage.[4]
"Under the God" was performed live on both the 1989 Tin Machine Tour and 1991-92's It's My Life Tour. A live performance of the song, recorded in Sapporo, Japan in 1992, was included on the live album (1992).
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| Chart (1989) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart[5] | 97 | |
| UK Singles Chart[6] | 51 | |
| US Billboard Alternative Songs | 4 | |
| US Mainstream Rock[7] | 8 |