God Whispered Your Name

"God Whispered Your Name"
Single by Keith Urban
from the album The Speed of Now Part 1
Released	2 March 2020 (2020-03-02)
Genre	Country
Length	3:53
Label	Hit Red Capitol Nashville
Songwriters	Chris August Shy Carter Micah Carter James T. Slater
Producers	Keith Urban Dan McCarroll
Keith Urban singles chronology
"We Were" (2019) "God Whispered Your Name" (2020) "Be a Light" (2020)

"God Whispered Your Name" is a song recorded by Australian and American country music singer Keith Urban. It was released on 2 March 2020 as the second single from Urban's eleventh studio album The Speed of Now Part 1 .

Content

American Christian musician Chris August co-wrote the song with Shy Carter, Micah Carter, and James T. Slater. Urban co-produced with Dan McCarroll. ^[1] Of the song, Urban told Nash Country Daily, "absolutely spoke to me and tells my journey in such a profound way going through a season in life of being very lost and lonely and confused and not knowing how to get out of that". ^[2]

Jennifer Massaux directed the music video, which features Urban performing in a basement, from which he escapes to find a sunlit landscape. The basement scenes were filmed underneath a warehouse in Nashville, Tennessee, while the outside scenes were filmed in Lancaster, California. ^[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australia Country Hot 50 (TMN) [4]	10
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [5]	65
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [6]	2
US Billboard Hot 100 [7]	60
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [8]	8
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9]	13

Year-end charts

Chart (2020)	Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard) [10]	25
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [11]	28

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [12]	Gold	40,000‡
United States (RIAA) [13]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Angela Stefano (27 February 2020). "Keith Urban Releases New Single 'God Whispered Your Name'". The Boot. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
2. Jim Casey (6 March 2020). "Watch Keith Urban Perform New Song, "God Whispered Your Name," on "The Late Show"". Nash Country Daily. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
3. Jon Freeman (2 April 2020). "Keith Urban Escapes From the Dark in 'God Whispered Your Name' Video". Rolling Stone Country. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
4. "Country Hot 50: Issue 1290". The Music Network . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
5. "Keith Urban Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
6. "Keith Urban Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.
7. "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
8. "Keith Urban Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard.
9. "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
10. "Country Airplay Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
11. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
12. "Canadian single certifications – Keith Urban – God Whispered Your Name". Music Canada . Retrieved 14 April 2025.
13. "American single certifications – Keith Urban – God Whispered Your Name". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 25 October 2021.