single, 1963
Written by George Fowler
The Burnadettes are an obscure female group on Divinity, Motown's gospel label. This is a fiery, vocal-heavy gospel of the thundering denunciation variety. There's not much melody beyond a few organ lines behind the voices, but I do enjoy the way the song points an accusing finger at book-learned nerdlingers: "Biologists, neurologists, psychologists, geologists / Out of all of the knowledge that you learned in college / First you've got to recognize God." The whole point of the song is to say that you can't take credit for anything, even your innate intelligence, as it too came from God.
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