My God is the Sun

My God is the Sun is the 5th track off and first single of QOTSA's 6th album, ...Like Clockwork. Its first performance dates Lollapalooza Brazil 2013.

First performance and release
My God is the Sun's first performance was in the Lollapalooza Brazil, March 30,  2013. The show was the first of the ...Like Clockwork tour, and also the first one featuring Jon Theodore as a tour drummer. It was, also, the first song off the album to be performed live.

On April 8th, a streaming at the site mygodisthesun.com revealed, among a Zane Lowe interview with Josh Homme, the studio version for My God is the Sun. The song quickly was uploaded at the band's official Youtube channel, as well as a secret link at the stream's website, that guided to a large, high-resolution image of the ...Like Clockwork cover artwork. Later that same day, Matador Records opened the pre-sale for ...Like Clockwork, as well as the official tracklisting of the album. Whoever pre-ordered ...Like Clockwork recieved a download code to My God is the Sun.

My God is the Sun has been released at iTunes as a single, but there is no record of any physical single, nor a b-side.

Video
A video for My God is the Sun was released as part of the 15-minute short compillation of animated clips for ...Like Clockwork. It's the last piece of the film, and the animation was created by Boneface and Liam Brazier.