"Declaration (This is It)" | ||||
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Single by Kirk Franklin | ||||
from the album The Fight of My Life | ||||
Released | October 23, 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2007 | |||
Genre | Gospel | |||
Length | 4:24 | |||
Label | GospoCentric | |||
Songwriter(s) | Kirk Franklin, Kenny Loggins, & Michael McDonald | |||
Producer(s) | Kirk Franklin | |||
Kirk Franklin singles chronology | ||||
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"Declaration (This is It)" is a gospel song by Kirk Franklin from his 2007 album The Fight of My Life . The song contains samples of and interpolations of "This Is It" by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins who are credited with Franklin as composers of the song. [1] [2]
Franklin's song "Declaration (This Is It!)" is a remake of the song "This Is It!" by pop-rock singer Kenny Loggins. This song motivates and stirs the soul to action. It denounces the troubles of life's current situation, and proclaims victory through faith in God.
— Takiela Bynum, Blogcritics Magazine [3]
"Declaration (This Is It)" became a crossover hit, moving to #13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Adult R&B Airplay Chart and #35 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart. [4]
Chart (2008) | Peak position [4] |
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U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 23 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Gospel Songs | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 35 |
*Note: Personnel listing from The Fight of My Life album liner. [5]
The song was nominated for a Dove Award for Urban Recorded Song of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards. [6]
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