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“Dear God” is a song on XTC’s 1986 album Skylarking. It was not a part of the original Skylarking album, but after DJs across America picked up the song, Geffen Records decided to replace “Mermaid Smiled” with “Dear God.“ The song was inspired by a series of books with the same title, seen by lead singer Andy Partridge as an exploitation of children. Read on...