God Bless the Child (Shania Twain song)

"God Bless the Child"
Single by Shania Twain
from the album The Woman in Me
B-side	"The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" "If It Don't Take Two" "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!"
Released	October 26, 1996
Recorded	1994 (album version) 1996 (single version)
Genre	Gospel country
Length	3:49
Label	PolyGram Mercury Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Robert John "Mutt" Lange Shania Twain
Producer(s)	Robert John "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)
Music video
"Shania Twain - God Bless The Child (Official Music Video)" on YouTube
Music video
"Shania Twain - God Bless The Child (With Banjo)" on YouTube

"God Bless the Child" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Shania Twain. It was released on October 26, 1996 as the eighth and final single from her sophomore studio album The Woman in Me (1995). The album version was solely written by Twain and the single version was co-written by Mutt Lange. The album version is more a poem than a song, completely done a cappella. A country version and an alternate version without the banjo were later released for airplay. "God Bless the Child" is one of Twain's few songs to have a major gospel music influence.

"God Bless the Child" was the least successful single from The Woman in Me, failing to crack the top 40 at US country radio and only peaking at number 7 at Canada country radio. It was included on Twain's Come on Over Tour usually accompanied by a local choir, and on Australian and Asian tour editions of the Come On Over album. 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 live at the 1996 Country Music Association Awards.