"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" 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]
Composition
"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]
Reception
Critical response
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]
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.
Music videos
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]
Charts
Weekly charts
Weekly chart performance for "God Really Loves Us"
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