"Relate" | ||||
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Single by For King & Country | ||||
from the album What Are We Waiting For? | ||||
Released | 6 August 2021 | |||
Length | 2:53 | |||
Label | Word Entertainment | |||
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For King & Country singles chronology | ||||
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R3hab remix | ||||
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"Relate" on YouTube | ||||
"Relate" (Live) on YouTube | ||||
"Relate" (Lyrics) on YouTube |
"Relate" (stylised in uppercase) is a song performed by an Australian Christian pop duo For King &Country. The song was released as the lead single from their fifth studio album, What Are We Waiting For? (2022),on 6 August 2021. [1] The song was written by Josh Kerr,Joel Smallbone,Luke Smallbone and Tayla Parx.
"Relate" peaked at No. 1 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, [2] and No. 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The song was ranked by Billboard as the eleventh biggest Christian song in 2022. [3] "Relate" received two GMA Dove Award nominations for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year and Short Form Video of the Year (Concept) at the 2022 GMA Dove Awards, [4] ultimately winning the Short Form Video of the Year (Concept) award. [5]
On 2 August 2021,For King &Country announced that they would release "Relate" on 6 August 2021,along with the song's music video premiering on Apple Music. [6] The duo also announced that they were slated to perform the song live on the nationally syndicated morning talk show Fox &Friends. [7]
On 28 January 2022,For King &Country and R3hab released a remix of the song. [8]
"Relate" is composed in the key of B Flat Major with a tempo of 70 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 4
4. [9]
Jonathan Andre of 365 Days of Inspiring Media gave a positive review of "Relate",saying,"Standing at a bit under 3 minutes,both Joel and Luke deliver another compelling song about unity and seeing things from someone else's perspective." [10] Andre opined that the song is "a firm sequel" to "Bleed the Same" by Mandisa. [10]
Year | Organization | Award | Result | Ref |
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2022 | GMA Dove Awards | Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year | Nominated | |
Short Form Video of the Year (Concept) | Won | |||
Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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365 Days of Inspiring Media | Top 50 Songs of 2021 | 4 | |
"Relate" debuted at No. 46 on the US Christian Airplay chart dated 14 August 2021. [14] "Relate" reached No. 1 on the Christian Airplay chart dated 11 December 2021. [15]
"Relate" debuted at No. 15 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated August 21,2021, [16] concurrently charting at No. 4 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart. [17] The song reached No. 1 on the Hot Christian Songs chart dated February 12,2022,following a surge in streams and digital downloads and thus becoming the duo's first No. 1 hit single on the chart. [18]
The music video of "Relate" premiered on Apple Music on 6 August 2021,and was later published on For King &Country's YouTube channel on 7 August 2021. [19] The live performance video of "Relate" was released via YouTube on 6 August 2021. [20] The official lyric video of the song was uploaded on YouTube on 10 August 2021. [21]
On 18 March 2022,a video of "Relate" being performed by For King &Country in the Mojave Desert,was aired on The Kelly Clarkson Show. [22]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Relate" | 2:53 |
No. | Title | Length |
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2. | "Relate" (Music video) | 3:17 |
Total length: | 6:10 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Date | Version | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | 6 August 2021 | Album | Word Entertainment | [23] [24] | |
United States | 3 September 2021 | Christian radio | [39] | ||
Various | 28 January 2022 | R3hab remix |
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