"Talking to Jesus" debuted at No. 9 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart,[3] and at No. 1 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart.[4]
Brandon Lake and Thomas Rhett released a live rendition of "Talking to Jesus" as a standalone single on May 12,2023.[5] Their rendition peaked at No. 26 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart.[6]
Background
On April 9,2021,Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music released "Talking to Jesus" featuring Brandon Lake as the second promotional single from their collaborative album,Old Church Basement (2021).[1] "Talking to Jesus" is the follow-up to the first promotional single from the album,"Jireh". The song also marks Brandon Lake's second appearance on an Elevation Worship project,having co-written and featured on the hit single "Graves into Gardens".[1]
Writing and development
Chris Brown of Elevation Worship shared the story about how the song came about,[7] saying
That morning Brandon and I were hacking away at a really fast song idea on a $200 bass and a Gretsch guitar when pastor [Steven Furtick] walked in on a mission to share the lyric idea that had come to him in the car on the way over.
Brown further added that he had difficulty explaining how they fell into a two chord trance that lasted several hours, with Furtick telling stories on the microphone, but that is how the song came about.[7]
Composition
"Talking to Jesus" is composed in the key of B with a tempo of 59 beats per minute, and a musical time signature of 4 4.[8]
Commercial performance
"Talking to Jesus" debuted at No. 9 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart and at No. 1 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart, both dated April 22, 2021.[9] "Talking to Jesus" attracted 2 million streams and 4,000 downloads in the United States in its first week.[9] "Talking to Jesus" is the second Hot Gospel Songs chart-topper for Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music, while being Brandon Lake's first No. 1 entry on the chart. On Hot Christian Songs, it is the eighth top ten entry for Elevation Worship, and the second for Maverick City Music and Lake.[9]
Music videos
On April 9, 2021, Elevation Worship released the official music video of "Talking to Jesus" on their YouTube channel.[10] The video shows Brandon Lake leading the song.
On April 30, 2021, Elevation Worship published the lyric video of the song on YouTube.[11]
Brandon Lake and Thomas Rhett released a live version of "Talking to Jesus" as a standalone single on May 12,2023.[18] The track was recorded during the Lake's headlining Miracle Nights Tour on April 16,2023,at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville,Tennessee.[19]
Commercial performance
"Talking to Jesus" debuted at No. 26 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated May 27,2023,[20] concurrently charting at No. 8 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart.[21]
Music videos
On May 11,2023,the audio video of "Too Good to Not Believe" was published on Brandon Lake's YouTube channel,[22] as well as the live performance video of the song alongside Thomas Rhett a day later.[23]
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