Love Brian Wilson RIP, I watched a live performance where he said he was the first to use God in the title of a Pop Song, AI
The Beach Boys’ "God Only Knows" was one of the first pop songs to use the word "God" in the title. Brian Wilson and Tony Asher co-wrote the song, and they debated whether to include the word "God" in the title, which was considered unconventional and potentially controversial at the time. Wilson initially worried about radio stations refusing to play the song due to the title, but Asher convinced him that it was a spiritual and ground-breaking choice. The song was released as the B-side to "Wouldn’t It Be Nice" in 1966