"God Only Knows" is a hit song by the American rock band The Beach Boys from their album Pet Sounds.

It was one of the first pop songs to use "God" in its title. As a consequence, many radio stations at the time refused to play it. Paul McCartney once said that this is the greatest song ever written.

While Rolling Stone magazine recently named it the 25th greatest song ever, it only reached no. 39 on the charts in 1966.

Trivia

• Mandy Moore performed an effusive cover of this song that is played over the closing credits of her irreverant religious satire movie Saved! in 2004.