Heavenly Hosts

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Writing an original Christmas song is a bit of a daunting task, but we were always very intrigued by what it looked like when the angels met the shepherds. What did it look like, and what was being said? One of the beautiful storylines of the song is that the simple shepherds were the first ones to see the beautiful spectacle in the sky, and we thought it would be an appropriate story to tell through song for A Drummer Boy Christmas.

Composition

"Heavenly Hosts" composed in the key of A with a tempo of 109 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 4
4. [7]

Commercial performance

"Heavenly Hosts" debuted at number 48 on the US Hot Christian Songs dated 12 December 2020. [8] The song peaked at number 16 spent a total of six non-consecutive weeks on the chart. [9]

Music videos

The official lyric video of the song was released on 16 October 2020, also on For King & Country's YouTube channel. [10] [11] The music video of "Heavenly Hosts" was released by For King & Country via YouTube on 27 November 2020. [12] [13] On 17 December 2020, For King & Country released the acoustic performance video of the song through YouTube. [14]

Charts

"Heavenly Hosts"
Heavenly Hosts - For King & Country.jpg
Single by For King & Country
from the album A Drummer Boy Christmas
Released3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)
Genre
Length3:47
Label Word Entertainment
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Benjamin Backus
  • For King & Country
  • Tedd Tjornhom
For King & Country singles chronology
"Kingdom Come"
(2021)		"Heavenly Hosts"
(2021)		"Love Me Like I Am"
(2022)
Music videos
"Heavenly Hosts" on YouTube
Chart performance for "Heavenly Hosts"
Chart (2020-2022)Peak
position
US Christian Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 16
US Christian Airplay ( Billboard ) [15] 2
US Christian AC ( Billboard ) [16] 2

Release history

Release history and formats for "Heavenly Hosts"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various16 October 2020(promotional release) Word Entertainment [17]
United States3 November 2021 Christian radio [1]

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