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"God Bless the Child"
Single by Shania Twain from the album The Woman in Me
Released	October 1996
Format	Radio single Maxi single 5" CD single 7" vinyl single
Recorded	1994 (Album Version) 1996 (Single Version)
Genre	Country
Length	3:49
Label	Mercury Nashville
Writer	Robert Lange, Shania Twain
Producer	Robert "Mutt" Lange
Shania Twain singles chronology
"Home Ain't Where His Heart is (Anymore)" (1996) "God Bless the Child" (1996) "Love Gets Me Every Time" (1997)

"God Bless the Child" is a song by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was the eighth and final single released from her 1995 album The Woman in Me. The song was written by Twain and an extended version cowritten by Mutt Lange. The song became Twain's first single off The Woman in Me to not hit the top 40 at country radio. The original album version is more a poem than a song, done completely a cappella. For radio airplay, the song had to be expanded lyrically and musically. It was originally released to radio in October of 1996. "God Bless the Child" was included on Twain's Come on Over Tour usually accompanied by a local choir, but was not included on her 2004 Greatest Hits release. All singles sales from the United States were donated to Second Harvest/Kids Cafe, and from Canada to Breakfast for Learning. Twain performed the song at the 1996 Country Music Awards.

Shania, accompanied by a choir in the "God Bless the Child" video

The music video for "God Bless the Child" was shot in Nashville, Tennessee and directed by Larry Jordan It was filmed on October 3, 1996 and debuted on October 26, 1996. The video features a choir singing along with Twain in a warehouse. Two versions of the video were released, one with the banjo included in the audio, another without. The video is available on Twain's DVD The Platinum Collection.

"God Bless the Child" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of November 30, 1996 at number 74. The song spent 9 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number 48 on January 11, 1997, where it remained for one week. The single became Twain's second consecutive song from The Woman in Me to miss the top twenty. It did however, top the Country Singles Sales chart for one week. Despite failure at country radio, "God Bless the Child" became Twain's third appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 where it peaked at number 75. In Canada the song hit number-one for eight weeks. It was also her first single to make the Canadian Singles Chart.

• Album Version (1:30)
• Single Mix (With Banjo) (3:48)
• Single Mix (Without Banjo) / Alternate Version (3:48)