{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox song | name = Dear Lord | cover = Kollegah − Dear Lord, Single Cover.jpg | alt = | type = Single | artist = Kollegah | album = Monument | language = German | studio = * Quad Recordings (New York City) * Octalogic (Ludwigshafen) | released = 5 October 2018 | recorded = 2018 | length = {{Duration|m=4|s=53}} | label = Alpha Music Empire | lyricist = Kollegah | producer = AraabMuzik | prev_title = Wie ein Alpha | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = Empire State of Grind | next_year = 2018 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|nwdfr5Xzv_c|"Dear Lord"}} | type = single | header = Music video }} }} "'''Dear Lord'''" is a song recorded by German rapper Kollegah for his seventh studio album ''Monument'' (2018). The single was made available for digital download and streaming audio on 5 October 2018, through Alpha Music Empire.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hiphop.de/video/kollegah-dear-lord-audio |title=Kollegah – Dear Lord {{bracket|Audio}} |website=Hiphop.de |date=5 October 2018 |first=Jonas |last=Lindemann |accessdate=7 October 2018 |language=German}}</ref>
==Background== Kollegah released his sixth studio album, ''Imperator'', in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rap.de/news/140547-kollegah-neues-album-monument-kommt-im-dezember/ |title=Kollegah: Neues Album "Monument" kommt im Dezember |trans-title=Kollegah: New album "Monument" will be released in December |date=1 October 2018 |publisher=Rap.de |accessdate=7 October 2018 |language=German}}</ref> He released two collaborative studio albums with German rapper Farid Bang—''Jung Brutal Gutaussehend 3'' (2017) and ''Platin war gestern'' (2018). In September 2018, he released "Wie ein Alpha", his first solo single in more than 16 months.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/wie-ein-alpha-single/1436514467 |title=Kollegah – Wie ein Alpha – Single |date=19 September 2018 |publisher=Itunes Store |access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Dear Lord", was announced through Instagram<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BodF_ojlYcr/ |title=Freitag. gutenachtdeutschland |trans-title=Friday. goodnigthgermany |publisher=Instagram |date=3 October 2018 |accessdate=7 October 2018 |language=German}}</ref> and was released on 5 October 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.16bars.de/media/239323/kollegah-dear-lord/ |title=Kollegah – Dear Lord |publisher=16Bars |date=5 October 2018 |accessdate=7 October 2018 |language=German}}</ref>
==Music video== The music video was directed by Adam Film and was shot in Vietnam and in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwdfr5Xzv_c |title=Kollegah – Dear Lord |publisher=Alpha Music Empire |date=5 October 2018 |accessdate=7 October 2018 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
==Personnel== Recorded at Quad Recordings Studios in New York City and Octalogic in Ludwigshafen.<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|title=Monument|others=Kollegah|year=2018|type=CD booklet|publisher=Alpha Music Empire, Warner Music Germany|id={{EAN|5054197032189}}|location=Germany}}</ref> * Kollegah – vocals, songwriting * AraabMuzik – production * Kostas Karagiozidis – mix engineering, mastering
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{single chart|Austria|58|artist=Kollegah|song=Dear Lord|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 October 2018}} |- {{single chart|Germany|48|songid=1802364|artist=Kollegah|song=Dear Lord|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 October 2018}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|98|artist=Kollegah|song=Dear Lord|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 October 2018}} |}
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