What a Friend

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"What a Friend"
Single by Matt Maher
from the album Echoes
ReleasedSeptember 15, 2017 (2017-09-15) [1]
Recorded2017
Genre
Length3:17 [2]
Label Essential
Songwriter(s)
  • Matt Maher
  • Matthew Hein
  • Adam Palmer
  • Abbie Parker [3]
Producer(s)
  • Ed Kerr
  • Dan Galbraith
Matt Maher singles chronology
"Your Love Defends Me"
(2017)		"What a Friend"
(2017)		"Born on That Day"
(2018)
Music video
"What a Friend" on YouTube

"What a Friend" is a song performed by Canadian contemporary Christian music (CCM) artist Matt Maher. The song was released as the second single from his 2017 album Echoes on September 15, 2017. [4] The song peaked at No. 10 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, becoming his seventh Top 10 single from that chart. It lasted 26 weeks on the overall chart. [5] The song is played in an E major key, and 110 beats per minute. [6]

Contents

Background

"What a Friend" was released on September 15, 2017, as the second single from his fifth studio album Echoes. [7] The song samples the Christian hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus by Joseph M. Scriven, who wrote it in 1855 to comfort his mother in Iceland while he was living in Canada. [8] Maher shows God’s faithfulness even in the midst of personal sorrow and devastation. On the song, Maher sings about the joy of our friendship with the Saviour. [9] Aleteia described the song as "switching gears from quiet worship to bouncing folk-rock, with a country-pop hook, where the piece is infused with a jubilant energy, which is aided by a perfectly employed gospel-ish choir." [10]

Music video

A lyric video was released on February 23, 2018. [11] A live version of the song was released on June 15, 2018, featuring Christian music singer Jason Crabb. [12] [13]

Track listing

CD release [14]
  1. "What a Friend" – 3:17
  2. "What a Friend (Lead Sheet (Medium Key)" – 3:17
  3. "What a Friend (Vocal Demonstration)" – 3:4
  4. "What a Friend (High Key With Background Vocals)" – 3:14
  5. "What a Friend (High Key Without Background Vocals)" – 3:14
  6. "What a Friend (Medium Key With Background Vocals)" – 3:14
  7. "What a Friend (Medium Key Without Background Vocals)" – 3:14
  8. "What a Friend (Low Key With Background Vocals)" – 3:14
  9. "What a Friend (Low Key Without Background Vocals)" – 3:14

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