▁for ▁Children ▁in ▁Need ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁Wilson ▁said : ▁" All ▁of ▁the ▁artists ▁did ▁such ▁a ▁beautiful ▁job   ... ▁I ▁can ' t ▁thank ▁them ▁enough , ▁I ' m ▁just ▁hon ored ▁that ▁' G od ▁Only ▁Kn ows ' ▁was ▁chosen . ▁' G od ▁Only ▁Kn ows ' ▁is ▁a ▁very ▁special ▁song . ▁An ▁extremely ▁spiritual ▁song ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁I ' ve ▁ever ▁written ." ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁mus icians ▁all ▁performing ▁free , ▁the ▁promotion ▁has ▁drawn ▁some ▁criticism ▁in ▁the ▁press . ▁Adam ▁Sher win ▁wrote ▁in ▁The ▁Independent : ▁" With ▁its ▁message , ▁that ▁the ▁BBC ▁' own s ' ▁the ▁entire ▁musical ▁water front ▁and ▁lic ence - fe e ▁pay ers ▁would ▁do ▁well ▁to ▁remember ▁that , ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁kind ▁of ▁propag anda ▁film ▁an ▁aut ocr atic ▁regime ▁sens ing ▁that ▁its ▁legit im acy ▁is ▁cr umb ling ▁might ▁produce ." ▁Writing ▁for ▁The ▁Guardian , ▁Alex ▁Pet rid is ▁observed ▁" There ' s ▁clearly ▁something ▁a ▁little ▁self - ag grand ising ▁about ▁the ▁BBC ▁getting ▁a ▁ra ft ▁of ▁stars ▁to ▁sing ▁an ▁un ambigu ous ▁song ▁of ▁und ying ▁dev otion ▁apparently ▁to ▁the ▁corpor ation ▁itself . ▁... ▁perhaps ▁we ▁should ▁forg ive ▁them ▁three ▁minutes ▁of ▁self - con gr at ulation , ▁particularly ▁when ▁it ’ s ▁raising ▁money ▁for ▁char ity ." ▁The ▁Daily ▁Te legraph ' ', ▁however , ▁reported