"Same God" | ||||
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Single by Elevation Worship featuring Jonsal Barrientes | ||||
from the album Lion | ||||
Released | June 17, 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
Genre | Contemporary worship music | |||
Length | 8:01 | |||
Label | Elevation Worship | |||
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Elevation Worship singles chronology | ||||
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"Same God" on YouTube | ||||
"Same God" (Live from the Loft) on YouTube | ||||
"Same God" (Lyrics) on YouTube |
"Same God" is a song performed by American contemporary worship band Elevation Worship. It was released as the second single from their tenth live album, Lion (2022),on June 17,2022. [1] The song was written by Brandon Lake,Chris Brown,Pat Barrett,and Steven Furtick. [2]
"Same God" peaked at No. 1 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart,becoming Elevation Worship's second chart-topping single. At the 2023 GMA Dove Awards,"Same God" was nominated for the Song of the Year award. [3]
On January 21,2022,Elevation Worship released "Same God" featuring Jonsal Barrientes as the first promotional single in the lead-up to the release of its parent album, Lion (2022), [4] accompanied with its music video. [5] The radio version of "Same God" was released on June 17,2022,making it the second single from the album. [6]
Chris Brown of Elevation Worship spoke about song,saying:"I hope the song portrays His character and nature in a way that takes people on a journey and reminds people that we're a part of a great cloud of witnesses that have seen this same faithful God make good on His promises to the generations before us,and those to come after." [7]
"Same God" is a pop-centric piano ballad, [8] which is composed in the key of D♭ with a tempo of 72.5 beats per minute,and a musical time signature of 4
4. [9] The lyrics of the song describe "the consistent and unchanging nature of God's wisdom,power,goodness and generosity toward His children." [10]
Timothy Yap,reviewing for JubileeCast,opined in his review that the song "has the word "classic worship song" written all over it." [11] Jonathan Andre in his 365 Days of Inspiring Media review opined that "this 8 minute track (it's way too long!) sounds like we're treating God like a genie in a bottle ready to fulfil everything we want rather than what He wants. I'll admit though,this song does have passion and a firm belief that God will do miracles for us when we ask." [8]
Year | Organization | Award | Result | Ref |
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2023 | GMA Dove Awards | Song of the Year | Nominated | |
"Same God" debuted at No. 21 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated February 5,2022, [13] concurrently charting at number one on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart, [14] and at number 20 on the Christian Streaming Songs chart. [15] "Same God" debuted at No. 50 on the US Christian Airplay chart dated May 28,2022. [16] The song peaked at number one on the Hot Christian Songs and Christian Airplay charts dated January 21,2023. [17] "Same God" marks Elevation Worship's second Hot Christian Songs number one single and their third Christian Airplay number one single. [17] It is also the third song to simultaneous reach number one on both charts,after "Graves into Gardens" by Elevation Worship featuring Brandon Lake in February 2021,and "Overcomer" by Mandisa in September 2013. [17]
Elevation Worship released the music video for "Same God" featuring Jonsal Barrientes leading the song during an Elevation Church worship service,via YouTube on January 21,2022. [18] The official lyric video for the song was issued by Elevation Worship through YouTube on March 4,2022. [19] On June 17,2022,Elevation Worship published the official audio video for the radio version of "Same God" on YouTube. [20]
On August 24,2022,Elevation Worship published an acoustic performance video of the song on YouTube. [21] The video was recorded in the loft of a recently restored barn in Charlotte,North Carolina,showing Barrientes and Brandon Lake leading the song.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Same God" (featuring Jonsal Barrientes) |
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No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Same God" (Radio Version) |
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Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [32] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Version | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | January 21, 2022 | Live | (promotional release) | Elevation Worship Records | [33] [34] |
June 17, 2022 | Radio |
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