"Dear God" is a song first recorded by American country singer Patsy Cline.
In an effort to market Cline differently, her label decided to release the spiritual disc titled "Dear God".
Nassour described the label's decision to release the song as a "blunder" and also stated that "it's amazing Patsy Cline had any career at all", in regards to her lack of success.
[6] Cub Koda discussed the song when reviewing Cline's compilation album, Crazy Dreams: The Classic Early Years and referred to the track by the title "I Go to Church on Sunday".
Koda commented that the song would have been "better-suited" to Kitty Wells due to its "sawing fiddles and paint-by-numbers backing.