Dear Lord

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"Dear Lord"
Kollegah - Dear Lord, Single Cover.jpg
Single by Kollegah
from the album Monument
LanguageGerman
Released5 October 2018
Recorded2018
Studio
Length4:53
Label Alpha Music Empire
Lyricist(s) Kollegah
Producer(s) AraabMuzik
Kollegah singles chronology
"Wie ein Alpha"
(2018)
"Dear Lord"
(2018)
"Empire State of Grind"
(2018)
Music video
"Dear Lord" on YouTube

"Dear Lord" is a song recorded by German rapper Kollegah for his seventh studio album Monument (2018). The single was made available for digital download and streaming audio on 5 October 2018, through Alpha Music Empire. [1]

Contents

Background

Kollegah released his sixth studio album, Imperator, in December 2016. [2] He released two collaborative studio albums with German rapper Farid Bang Jung Brutal Gutaussehend 3 (2017) and Platin war gestern (2018). In September 2018, he released "Wie ein Alpha", his first solo single in more than 16 months. [3] The second single, "Dear Lord", was announced through Instagram [4] and was released on 5 October 2018. [5]

Music video

The music video was directed by Adam Film and was shot in Vietnam and in the United Arab Emirates. [6]

Personnel

Recorded at Quad Recordings Studios in New York City and Octalogic in Ludwigshafen. [7]

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [8] 58
Germany (Official German Charts) [9] 48
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 98

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References

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