The Way (Jeremy Camp song)

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"The Way"
Single by Jeremy Camp
from the album We Cry Out: The Worship Project
ReleasedAugust 9, 2011 (August 9, 2011)
Studio Fountaineye Studios, Port Elizabeth, South Africa [1]
Genre CCM, praise and worship music
Length3:57
Label BEC
Songwriter(s)
  • Jeremy Camp
  • Grant Dryden
  • Brad Peens
  • Rob Williams
Producer(s)
Jeremy Camp singles chronology
"Jesus Saves"
(2010)		"The Way"
(2011)		"Overcome"
(2012)
Music video
"The Way" on YouTube

"The Way" is a song by American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Jeremy Camp from his 2010 album We Cry Out: The Worship Project . [2] It was released on August 9, 2011, as the second single. The song became Camp's sixth Hot Christian Songs No. 1, staying there for two weeks. [3] It lasted 42 weeks on the overall chart. [4] The song is played in a B minor key, and 80 beats per minute. [5]

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Background

"The Way" was released on August 9, 2011, as the second single from his seventh studio album, We Cry Out: The Worship Project. [6] The song is one of his personal favorites from the album, about identifying Jesus as the way of life. They nearly had the album complete until Jeremy’s brother-in-law, Brad Peens, gave him an idea for a song that included an African choir. Jeremy gathered a few more ideas for the song, and they re-wrote it together. In an interview with "The Worship Community", Jeremy explained the feel he was trying to show in the song, “It’s very anthemic, a world-wide kind of song. It feels like a war song, a cry of God’s glory.” [7]

Music video

The music video for the single "The Way" was released on August 15, 2011. [8]

Track listing

  1. "The Way" – 3:57
  1. "The Way" – 4:05

Charts

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References

  1. ↑ We Cry Out – Jeremy Camp | AllMusic
  2. ↑ "We Cry Out: The Worship Project by Jeremy Camp". August 20, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ Chart dates for "The Way":
  4. ↑ "Jeremy Camp The Way Chart History" . Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Key & BPM for The Way by Jeremy Camp". TuneBat. August 20, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
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  7. ↑ "TWC Interview: Jeremy Camp – We Cry Out – The Worship Project" . Retrieved June 14, 2018.
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