Grave Robber (song)

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"Grave Robber"
Grave robber crowder.jpg
Single by Crowder
from the album The Exile
LanguageEnglish
ReleasedNovember 10, 2023
Genre
Length2:50
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Crowder singles chronology
"God Really Loves Us"
(2022)
"Grave Robber"
(2023)
"— [DASH]"
(2024)

"Grave Robber" is a song by American Christian musician musician Crowder. The song was released as a single on November 10, 2023, through Sixstepsrecords/Capitol CMG. [1] [2] [3] It was the lead single of Crowder's 2024 studio album The Exile . [4] [5]

Contents

Background

Crowder stated that "Grave Robber" is inspired by the biblical story of Lazarus, in which a friend of Jesus' is miraculously brought back to life. [6]

Chart performance

"Grave Robber" reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart, [7] No. 1 on the Christian Airplay [8] and AC charts, [9] No. 24 on the Christian Streaming Songs chart, [10] and No. 2 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart. [11] [3]

Zach Williams version

On July 19, 2024, Crowder released a second edition of the song, which featured guest vocals from Zach Williams. [12]

Track listing

Original version
No.TitleWriter(s) Producer(s) Length
1."Grave Robber"
2:50
Total length:2:50
Zach Williams version
No.TitleWriter(s) Producer(s) Length
1."Grave Robber" (with Zach Williams)
2:50
Total length:2:50

Charts

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