Thank God for Girls (song)

"Thank God for Girls" is a song by American rock band Weezer. 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.

"Thank God for Girls"
Single by Weezer
from the album Weezer (White Album)
Released	October 26, 2015
Recorded	2015
Genre	Alternative rock[1] power pop[2] rap rock[3]
Length	3:29
Label	Crush Weezer
Songwriter(s)	Rivers Cuomo Alex Goose Michael Balzer Alex Balzer Bill Petti
Producer(s)	Jake Sinclair
Weezer singles chronology
"Da Vinci" (2014) "Thank God for Girls" (2015) "Do You Wanna Get High?" (2015)

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 stations in the United States. It impacted more than twice as many stations as the next most-added song, The 1975's "Love Me."^[4]

Music video

The official music video was released on November 16, 2015.^[2] Prior to this, a lyric video for the song was posted to Weezer's VEVO 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's "Uma Thurman."^[5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015–16)	Peak position
Canada Rock (Billboard)[6]	24
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[7]	13
US Rock & Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[8]	15

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)	Position
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[9]	36
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[10]	86
US Rock Airplay Songs (Billboard)[11]	47