(2009). The 2013 video game BioShock Infinite contains a turn-of-the-century barbershop quartet that sings the song while floating past the player on an airship. The song was also used in the opening credits of the HBO series Big Love. Other songwriters Many songwriters, including Paul McCartney and Jimmy Webb, have cited "God Only Knows" as their personal favorite song. McCartney described it as "the greatest song ever written". His 1976 song "Silly Love Songs" incorporates a build-up of vocal counterpoints in the same style as "God Only Knows". The song additionally inspired, in part, the Beatles' "Here, There and Everywhere". Wilson felt uncomfortable with the praise and said in 1976 that if McCartney's "greatest song" assertion was true, "[then] what was there left for me to do?" In 2002, Wilson and McCartney performed the song as a duet at the Adopt-A-Minefield Benefit Gala in Los Angeles. McCartney later said that he was so overwhelmed by Wilson's presence that he "broke down" during the soundcheck rehearsals. Bono remarked that the string arrangement was "fact and proof of angels". Barry Gibb said that it "blew the top of my head off[...] My first thought was, oh dear, I'm wasting my time, how can I ever compete with that? We've [the Bee Gees] been competing with that ever since." Margo Guryan said that the song inspired her to pursue a career in pop music instead of jazz piano. She said, "I freaked [when a friend played me the song]. I thought it was just gorgeous. I bought the record and played it a million times, then sat down and wrote 'Think of Rain. John Lennon, according to Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner, "said he really dug [the song] and the world perked up". Pete Townshend said, God Only Knows' is simple and elegant and was stunning when it first appeared; it still sounds perfect". Webb enjoyed its Baroque influence and felt that it "represents the whole tradition of liturgical music that I feel is a spiritual part of Brian's music. And Carl's singing is pretty much at its pinnacle—as good as it ever got." Accolades and polls , "God Only Knows" is listed as the 16th most critically acclaimed song of all time on Acclaimed Music. In 2004, it was ranked number 25 in Rolling Stones list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 2006, it topped Pitchforks list of the