2022 single by Venbee and Goddard
"Messy in Heaven" is a song by British singer Venbee featuring East Midlands producer Goddard. Released as her second single on 23 September 2022 through Sony, the song was written after Venbee had a dream of Jesus partying on Chatham High Street, and used him as a metaphor for her friend's struggles with drugs. It achieved commercial success in Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, peaking at nine, seven and three, respectively, and positive reception critically, with The Guardian describing it as "a key tune" in drum and bass' 2020s renaissance, and many critics made note of its opening lyric, "I heard Jesus did cocaine on a night out", which was played once on BBC Radio 1 and drew complaints from Christians.
