This Is a Move

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"This Is a Move"
This Is a Move by Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Official Single Cover).png
Single by Tasha Cobbs Leonard
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2019 (2019-01-25)
Recorded2018
Genre
Length7:25
Label Capitol CMG
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Kenneth Leonard, Jr.
Tasha Cobbs Leonardsingles chronology
"Your Spirit"
(2019)		"This Is a Move"
(2019)		"O Holy Night"
(2020)
Music video
"This Is a Move" (Live) on YouTube

"This Is a Move" is a song by Tasha Cobbs Leonard, which was released as a standalone single on January 25, 2019. [1] Cobbs Leonard co-wrote the song with Brandon Lake, Nate Moore, and Tony Brown. [2] Kenneth Leonard Jr. handled the production of the single. [3]

Contents

The song was a commercial success, debuting at number four on the Billboard's Hot Gospel Songs chart, [4] spending twenty-six weeks on the chart. The song was number 33 on the year-end Hot Gospel Songs chart for 2019. "This Is a Move" won the GMA Dove Award Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year in the 2019 GMA Dove Awards. [5] "This Is a Move" earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Gospel Performance/Song in the 2020 Grammy Awards, [6] and the Stellar Award for Song of the Year at the 2020 Stellar Awards.

Brandon Lake released the song as his debut single with Bethel Music on June 28, 2019. The song peaked on number 36 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, [7] spending eighteen weeks on the chart.

Background

Cobbs Leonard shared the story behind the song in an interview with Larissa Mendoza of Get Up! Mornings With Erica Campbell, [8] saying:

My husband and I, we were invited to a writing session in Atlanta. So we drove down to some of the guys and we were sitting in a room... One of the guys, his name is Brandon Lake, he said "Y'all I have this song that God gave me last night, it has two verses." He started singing "Mountains are still being moved," and immediately we felt the presence of God. Him and I, and a couple of other guys, we just sat and we started doing a verse and a chorus. We felt the presence of God so strong. I just took it on the road and started putting it in my set. People were really blessed around the world, and there were so many testimonies happening. I really felt like I need to release this because there is a move of God happening and I believe that in my heart. We're about to seee miracles, signs and wonders.

Composition

"This Is a Move" is composed in the key of A♭ with a moderate tempo of 69 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 6
8. [9] Cobbs Leonard's vocal range spans from E♭3 to F5. [10]

Music video

Tasha Cobbs Leonard released the live music video of "This Is a Move" through their YouTube channel on January 25, 2019. [11]

Accolades

Awards
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef
2019 GMA Dove Awards Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the YearWon [12]
2020 Grammy Awards Best Gospel Performance/Song Nominated [13]
Stellar Awards Song of the YearNominated [14]

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousJanuary 25, 2019 Capitol Christian Music Group [1]

Brandon Lake version

"This Is a Move"
This is a Move by Brandon Lake (Official Single Cover).png
Single by Brandon Lake
ReleasedJune 28, 2019 (2019-06-28)
Recorded2018
Genre
Length3:42
Label Bethel Music
Producer(s) David Leonard
Brandon Lakesingles chronology
"New Stories"
(2018)		"This Is a Move"
(2019)		"We Praise You"
(2020)
Music video
"This Is a Move" (Live) on Apple Music

On June 28, 2019, Brandon Lake released his own rendition of "This Is a Move" via Bethel Music as a standalone single. [16] [17] David Leonard produced Lake's single. [18]

Artwork

Stephen James Hart, the art director and visual worship leader for Bethel Music, shared on his blog the story of the single artwork for Lake's rendition of the song. [18] Hart worked with Suzzane Ecker and Lake on multiple covers before arriving at the final result, which captured "the tension between creativity and clarity." [18]

Composition

"This Is a Move" is composed in the key of G with a moderate tempo of 74 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 6
8. [19]

Commercial performance

"This Is a Move" became Lake's first charting single, making its debut at number 41 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs Chart dated July 13, 2019. [20] The song peaked at number 36 on the September 28-dated chart, [21] and spent a total of eighteen non-consecutive weeks on Hot Christian Songs Chart. [22]

Music video

The live music video of the song, performed by Lake in a worship service at Bethel Church, was released on Apple Music on July 5, 2019. [23]

Track listing

This Is a Move [24] [25]
No.TitleLength
1."This Is a Move"3:42
This Is a Move (Deluxe) — Apple Music exclusive [26]
No.TitleLength
1."This Is a Move"3:42
2."This Is a Move" (Live)7:31
3."This Is a Move" (Live Music Video)7:25
Total length:18:38

Charts

Chart (2019-2020)Peak
position
US Christian Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 36

Release history

RegionDateVersionFormatLabelRef.
VariousJune 28, 2019Standard Bethel Music [24] [25]
July 5, 2020Deluxe [26]

Other versions

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