Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America

## Music video

 **"Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America"** is a song by British pop rock band The 1975. The song is the fifth single from the band's fourth studio album, *Notes on a Conditional Form*. The single was released on 3 April 2020, and features guest vocals from American singer Phoebe Bridgers.

## Background

*"This song happened quite early in the record. It reminded me of America so much in its ambience. It even goes back to [A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships]—I think I wrote it around that time. There’s quite a bit of folk music on the record. I’ve never really collaborated with anybody before, and it was so easy making music with [guest vocalist] Phoebe [Bridgers] that every time I had an idea or I wanted a slightly different texture to the vocals, I just got her to do it. Phoebe does all the backup vocals on ‘Roadkill’ and then ‘Playing on My Mind.’"*
“Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America” is a track of minimal production which sees an acoustic guitar being paired with distant horns. Matty sings about his love for Jesus Christ in a sarcastic tone, suggesting that he wishes he wasn’t an atheist. Phoebe Bridgers then tells a tale of falling in love with a girl who lives next door, while not being able to make her feelings apparent.

As the sixth promotional release of The 1975’s fourth studio album, Notes on a Conditional Form, the track was first teased back in August 2017 when Matty shared a post on Instagram featuring the title, with Matty performing it as live acoustic on December 9, 2018, on Instagram Live.

This is The 1975’s first ever lyrical feature on their own album. It also marks the second song off of Notes on a Conditional Form that doesn’t solely feature Matty, with the first being “The 1975”, which includes fragments of “Our House Is On Fire” by environmental activist Greta Thunberg.

## Lyrics

**Matthew Healy:**

I'm in love with Jesus Christ

He's so nice

I'm in love, I'll say it twice

I'm in love (I'm in love)

**Matthew Healy & Phoebe Bridgers:**

I'm in love, but I'm feeling low

For I am just a footprint in the snow

I'm in love with a boy I know

But that's a feeling I can never show

Fortunately, I believe, lucky me

I'm searching for planes in the sea, and that's irony

Soil just needs water to be, and a seed

So if we turn into a tree, can I be the leaves?

**Phoebe Bridgers:**

Ooh

Ooh

I'm in love with the girl next door

Her name's Claire

Nice when she comes 'round to call

Then masturbate the second she's not there

**Matthew Healy & Phoebe Bridgers:**

Fortunately, I believe, lucky me

Searching for planes in the sea, and that's irony

Soil just needs water to be, and a seed

So if we turn into a tree, can I be the leaves?

**Phoebe Bridgers:**

Ooh

Ooh

## Personnel

* **Published by:** Good Soldier Songs
* **Produced by:** George Daniel and Matthew Healy
* **Keys:** George Daniel
* **Synths:** George Daniel
* **Vocals:** Matthew Healy and Phoebe Bridgers
* **Guitar:** Matthew Healy
* **Double bass:** Ross MacDonald
* **Saxophone:** John Waugh
* **Pedal steel:** Ben Lester Trumpet: Rashawn Ross
* **Mixed by:** Mike Crossey
* **Mastered by:** Robin Schmidt
* **Engineered by:** Jonathan Gilmore

## References

1. ↑ https://music.apple.com/us/album/notes-on-a-conditional-form/1473599936