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),[5] accompanied with its music video.[6] The radio version of "Same God" was released on June 17,2022,making it the second single from the album.[7]
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."[8]
Composition
"Same God" is a pop-centric piano ballad,[9] 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.[10] The lyrics of the song describe "the consistent and unchanging nature of God's wisdom,power,goodness and generosity toward His children."[11]
Critical reception
Timothy Yap,reviewing for JubileeCast,opined in his review that the song "has the word "classic worship song" written all over it."[12] 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."[9]
"Same God" debuted at No. 21 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated February 5,2022,[14] concurrently charting at number one on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart,[15] and at number 20 on the Christian Streaming Songs chart.[16] "Same God" debuted at No. 50 on the US Christian Airplay chart dated May 28,2022.[17] The song peaked at number one on the Hot Christian Songs and Christian Airplay charts dated January 21,2023.[18] "Same God" marks Elevation Worship's second Hot Christian Songs number one single and their third Christian Airplay number one single.[18] 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.[18]
Music videos
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.[19] The official lyric video for the song was issued by Elevation Worship through YouTube on March 4,2022.[20] On June 17,2022,Elevation Worship published the official audio video for the radio version of "Same God" on YouTube.[21]
On August 24,2022,Elevation Worship published an acoustic performance video of the song on YouTube.[22] The video was recorded in the loft of a recently restored barn in Charlotte,North Carolina,showing Barrientes and Brandon Lake leading the song.
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