God's Gonna Cut You Down

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates "God's Gonna Cut You Down" (also known as "God Almighty's Gonna Cut You Down", "God's Gonna Cut 'Em Down", "Run On" and "Sermon") is a traditional American folk song.[1] The track has been recorded in a variety of genres, including country, folk, alternative rock, electronic and black metal.[2] The lyrics warn evildoers that they cannot avoid God's judgment.[3]

As "Run On For A Long Time", it was released in 1949 by Bill Landford & The Landfordaires.[4][5] As "God's Gonna Cut You Down", it was performed by Odetta on Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1956), and Johnny Cash on the posthumously released American V: A Hundred Highways (2006). Marilyn Manson also used this title for a non-album single in 2019.[6] As "Run On", it has been recorded by Elvis Presley and Tom Jones, and the Blind Boys of Alabama. The song has been covered by many other artists.[1]

Moby version

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"Run On" is a remix of the version by Bill Landford and the Landfordairs, by American electronica musician Moby. It was released as the second single from his fifth studio album Play on April 26, 1999.[7][8][9]

Recorded by Moby for his fifth studio album Play, "Run On" features samples from "Run On for a Long Time", a 1949 recording by Bill Landford and the Landfordairs of the traditional folk hymn "God's Gonna Cut You Down", which make up the song's vocal content.[10][11] Moby was unaware of the original hymn's considerable popularity in country and gospel music as a standard while recording the song.[12] He later recalled that "Run On" was "really hard to put together, because it has so many samples in it. I didn't use computers at this point, it was all done with stand-alone samplers. When it was finished, I collapsed in exhaustion."[12]

Music video

The music video for "Run On" was directed by Mike Mills.[13] Mills' video depicts Moby working at an office whose employees all wear white. A flashback is then shown involving a workout instructor who faints while teaching a class; Moby then arrives and puts an inhaler in her mouth, reviving her. The video proceeds through subsequent flashbacks to explain the entire plot: the office Moby works in is heaven, the instructor is self-conscious and unsure of her capabilities, and heaven is a self-help phone line. Towards the end of the video, Moby is seen dead in a parking lot, with a man checking his pulse. The video concludes similarly to the opening scene, with Moby working in an office while still living, only everyone is unkind and emotionally distant.[13]

Track listing

  • CD single (CDMUTE221)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[14]
  1. "Run On" – 3:33
  2. "Spirit" – 4:12
  3. "Running" – 7:07
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  1. "Run On" (extended)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 4:24
  2. "Sunday" – 5:00
  3. "Down Slow" (full length version)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 5:56
  • 12-inch single (12MUTE221)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[16]
  1. "Run On" (Moby Young & Funky Mix)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 6:08
  2. "Run On" (Dave Clarke Mix)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 5:08
  3. "Run On" (extended)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 3:55
  • CD single (63881-27583-2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[17]
  1. "Honey" – 3:27
  2. "Honey" (Moby's 118 Mix)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 4:49
  3. "Honey" (Sharam Jey's Sweet Honey Mix)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 6:41
  4. "Honey" (Aphrodite & Mickey Finn Mix)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 6:24
  5. "Run On" (extended)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 4:27
  6. "Run On" (Moby's Young and Funky Mix)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 6:05
  7. "Run On" (Sharam Jey's Always on the Run Remix)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 6:01
  8. "Memory Gospel" – 6:42

Charts

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Australia (ARIA)[18] 93
US Dance/Electronic Singles Sales (Billboard)[19] 49

Johnny Cash version

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A music video, directed by Tony Kaye,[21] was made for this version in late 2006, three years after Cash's death. The video was shot entirely in black and white and features a number of celebrities: David Allan Coe, Patricia Arquette, Travis Barker, Peter Blake, Bono, Sheryl Crow, Johnny Depp, the Dixie Chicks (now known as The Chicks), Flea, Billy Gibbons, Whoopi Goldberg, Woody Harrelson, Dennis Hopper, Terrence Howard, Jay-Z, Mick Jones, Kid Rock, Anthony Kiedis, Kris Kristofferson, Amy Lee, Tommy Lee, Adam Levine, Shelby Lynne, Chris Martin, Kate Moss, Graham Nash, Iggy Pop, Lisa Marie Presley, Q-Tip, Corinne Bailey Rae, Keith Richards, Chris Rock, Rick Rubin, Patti Smith, Sharon Stone, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Brian Wilson, and Owen Wilson.[22]

This version has appeared in the Fox series Gotham, during the episode titled "What the Little Bird Told Him".[23] It also featured in the season three episode of NBC series The Blacklist, "The Director: Conclusion", and in the CBC series Republic of Doyle, where it closed episode 10 of season 2, "The Special Detective".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It is also the close-out song for the Australian road trip mini-series Wanted.

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Certifications

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Marilyn Manson version

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Marilyn Manson recorded a cover version of the track during sessions for their tenth studio album, Heaven Upside Down, which was released in 2017.[24] They performed the song live several times during that album's supporting concert tour.[25] Their studio version of the track first appeared on the Ethan Hawke film 24 Hours to Live,[26] the soundtrack of which was issued via Varèse Sarabande on December 8, 2017.[27] The song was then released as a standalone digital download and streaming single on October 18, 2019, in tandem with a tour by the band.[28] A vinyl picture disc was released on December 13, 2019, and limited to 3,000 copies worldwide.[29] The vinyl single features one of Manson's watercolor paintings as its artwork.[28][30]

A music video directed by Tim Mattia, who previously directed the video for the Born Villain track "Hey, Cruel World...",[28] was filmed in Joshua Tree, California and was also released on October 18.[30][31][32] The track peaked at number eight on Hot Rock Songs and at number one on Rock Digital Songs—the band's highest peak on either chart.[33][34]

Charts

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position
Canada Hot Digital Songs (Billboard)[35] 44
France (SNEP Sales Chart)[36] 154
US Rock Digital Songs (Billboard)[34] 1

Other recordings

In popular culture

Television

  • Used as theme tune for series 3 of Australian drama Jack Irish.
  • Used in the official trailer for The Chosen's 5th Season.

References

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