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| artist = [[Kim Petras]]
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| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/11/11/kim-petras-shares-new-single-if-jesus-was-a-rockstar|title=Kim Petras shares new single “If Jesus Was a Rockstar”|work=[[The Fader]]|date=11 November 2022|access-date=11 January 2023}}</ref>
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* Max Martin
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| prev_title = [[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]
| prev_title = [[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]
| prev_year = 2022
| prev_year = 2022
| next_title = [[Brrr (song)|Brrr]]
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"'''If Jesus Was a Rockstar'''" is a song by German singer [[Kim Petras]], released as the lead single<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kim-petras-drops-if-jesus-was-a-rockstar-1234629380/|title=Kim Petras Imagines ‘If Jesus Was a Rockstar’ on New Single|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=11 November 2022|access-date=11 January 2023}}</ref> from her upcoming album<!-- confirmed in the Dork feature article --> on 11 November 2022 through Amigo and [[Republic Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2022/11/01/kim-petras-if-jesus-was-a-rockstar-11-november|title=Kim Petras is releasing a new song next week|work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]|date=1 November 2022|access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref> It was written by Petras, [[Ilya Salmanzadeh]], [[Savan Kotecha]], [[Max Martin]], [[Omer Fedi]] and [[Peter Svensson]], with Ilya, Martin and Fedi serving as producers. The song serves as the follow-up to Petras' collaboration with [[Sam Smith]], the worldwide number one "[[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]".<ref name="Dork"/>
"'''If Jesus Was a Rockstar'''" is a song by German singer [[Kim Petras]], released on 11 November 2022 through Amigo and [[Republic Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2022/11/01/kim-petras-if-jesus-was-a-rockstar-11-november|title=Kim Petras is releasing a new song next week|work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]|date=1 November 2022|access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref> The song was originally planned to serve as the [[lead single]] from Petras' debut studio album ''[[Feed the Beast (Kim Petras album)|Feed the Beast]]'' (2023), but it was ultimately dropped from the tracklist.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kim-petras-drops-if-jesus-was-a-rockstar-1234629380/|title=Kim Petras Imagines 'If Jesus Was a Rockstar' on New Single|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=11 November 2022|access-date=11 January 2023}}</ref> It was written by Petras, [[Ilya Salmanzadeh]], [[Savan Kotecha]], [[Max Martin]], [[Omer Fedi]] and [[Peter Svensson]], with Ilya, Martin and Fedi serving as producers.


==Background and recording==
==Background and recording==
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==Promotion==
==Promotion==
Petras first revealed the song on [[TikTok]] in September 2022, before revealing the release date on social media on 1 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/kim-petras-if-jesus-was-a-rockstar-single-comes-out-next-week|title=Kim Petras' "If Jesus Was A Rockstar" single comes out next week|website=[[The Line of Best Fit]]|last=Kenneally|first=Cerys|date=1 November 2022|access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref>
Petras first revealed the song on [[TikTok]] in September 2022, before revealing the release date on social media on 1 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/kim-petras-if-jesus-was-a-rockstar-single-comes-out-next-week|title=Kim Petras' "If Jesus Was A Rockstar" single comes out next week|website=[[The Line of Best Fit]]|last=Kenneally|first=Cerys|date=1 November 2022|access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref> An acoustic version was released on 13 December 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last=Schube |first=Will |date=13 December 2022 |title=Kim Petras Shares Acoustic Version Of 'If Jesus Was A Rockstar' |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/kim-petras-jesus-was-a-rockstar-acoustic/ |access-date=24 May 2023 |website=U Discover Music}}</ref>


==Charts==
==Charts==

Latest revision as of 06:08, 16 June 2024

"If Jesus Was a Rockstar"
Single by Kim Petras
Released11 November 2022 (2022-11-11)
Genre
Length2:50
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Kim Petras singles chronology
"Unholy"
(2022) 		"If Jesus Was a Rockstar"
(2022) 		"Alone"
(2023)

"If Jesus Was a Rockstar" is a song by German singer Kim Petras, released on 11 November 2022 through Amigo and Republic Records.[2] The song was originally planned to serve as the lead single from Petras' debut studio album Feed the Beast (2023), but it was ultimately dropped from the tracklist.[3] It was written by Petras, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Omer Fedi and Peter Svensson, with Ilya, Martin and Fedi serving as producers.

Background and recording[edit]

Petras expected to write the song with just Savan Kotecha and Ilya, but Max Martin was also present when she met with the writers, and he ended up co-writing and producing the song as well as providing backing vocals on it. Petras and the three "talked about the song" then tried out things "to see what stuck".[4]

The song was described as "guitar-driven" and a "new era" for Petras, with Petras calling it "fun" but "also really lyrically intense", as it was written after she "struggled with her spirituality over the [COVID-19] pandemic" and reflected on her feeling "excluded" from religion growing up.[4] Petras also spoke about wanting to "switch things up" from the "gay club music" she had become known for and "sing about something deeply meaningful, something that I struggle with and something that is just honest".[4]

Petras elaborated that "the song kinda says maybe if religion was cooler, then I would wanna be a part of it. So, if Jesus was a rockstar, maybe I'd want to be just like him."[5]

Promotion[edit]

Petras first revealed the song on TikTok in September 2022, before revealing the release date on social media on 1 November.[6] An acoustic version was released on 13 December 2022.[7]

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for "If Jesus Was a Rockstar"
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan)[8] 19

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kim Petras shares new single "If Jesus Was a Rockstar"". The Fader. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Kim Petras is releasing a new song next week". DIY. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Kim Petras Imagines 'If Jesus Was a Rockstar' on New Single". Rolling Stone. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Ackroyd, Stephen (10 November 2022). "Kim Petras: "No one's heard anything like this from me before"". Dork. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  5. ^ Daw, Stephen (18 October 2022). "Kim Petras Broke Records With 'Unholy' — Now She Wants to 'Break The Cycle' for Fellow Trans Artists". Billboard. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  6. ^ Kenneally, Cerys (1 November 2022). "Kim Petras' "If Jesus Was A Rockstar" single comes out next week". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  7. ^ Schube, Will (13 December 2022). "Kim Petras Shares Acoustic Version Of 'If Jesus Was A Rockstar'". U Discover Music. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of November 30, 2022". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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