"God Really Loves Us" | ||||
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Single by Crowder and Dante Bowe featuring Maverick City Music | ||||
from the album Milk & Honey | ||||
Released | June 3, 2022 | |||
Genre | Worship | |||
Length | 4:21 | |||
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"God Really Loves Us" on YouTube | ||||
"God Really Loves Us" (Lyrics) on YouTube |
"God Really Loves Us" is a song performed by Crowder and Dante Bowe featuring Maverick City Music. It was released on June 3,2022,as the third single from Crowder's fourth studio album, Milk &Honey (2021). [1] Crowder co-wrote the song with Ben Glover,Dante Bowe,and Jeff Sojka. [2]
"God Really Loves Us" peaked at No. 3 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, [3] and No. 1 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart. [4] The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song at the 2023 Grammy Awards. [5] At the 2023 GMA Dove Awards,"God Really Loves Us" was nominated for the Song of the Year award. [6]
"God Really Loves Us" was initially released as the seventh track on Crowder's album, Milk &Honey ,on June 11,2021. [7] On June 3,2022,Crowder and Dante Bowe released the radio version of "God Really Loves Us" on digital formats,becoming the third single from the album,following "Good God Almighty" and "In the House". [8]
"God Really Loves Us" is composed in the key of B with a tempo of 83.5 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 6
8. [9]
Timothy Yap of JubileeCast said of the song:"One of the soon-to-be-classic-worship-tune is the sublime "God Really Loves Us." Teaming up with Dante Bowe and Maverick City Music,"God Really Loves Us" begins softly before exploding into a dynamic full-Gospel-choir celebration." [10] Reviewing for Jesus Freak Hideout,John Underdown explicitly listed "God Really Loves Us" as one of the songs from Milk &Honey which were earworms and had lyrics with some powerful moments. [11] Kelly Meade of Today's Christian Entertainment opined that "This ballad stands out with its emotionally moving piano arrangement &choir-like backing vocals." [12]
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2023 | Grammy Awards | Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song | Nominated | |
GMA Dove Awards | Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
Following the album's release,"God Really Loves Us" debuted at No. 11 on the US Gospel Digital Song Sales chart dated June 26,2021. [15] "God Really Loves Us" made its debut at No. 45 on the US Christian Airplay chart dated June 25,2022. [16] After being released to Christian radio,"God Really Loves Us" debuted at No. 46 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, [17] and No. 25 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart, [18] dated July 9,2022.
On June 11,2021,Crowder released the lyric video for "God Really Loves Us" through YouTube. [19] On June 3,2022,Crowder released the audio video for the radio version of the song via YouTube. [20]
On August 12,2022,Crowder published the official music video for "God Really Loves Us" with Dante Bowe featuring Maverick City Music on YouTube. [21] The music video,directed by Patrick Tohill,was filmed on a rooftop in downtown Atlanta as the three acts performed the song at sunset. [22]
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