Whispers in the Dark (Skillet song)

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"Whispers in the Dark"
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Single by Skillet
from the album Comatose
Released2006
RecordedFebruary–April 2006
Genre
Length3:13 (Edit version)
3:23 (Album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Skillet singles chronology
"Rebirthing"
(2006)
"Whispers in the Dark"
(2006)
"The Older I Get"
(2006)

"Whispers in the Dark" is a song by the Christian rock band Skillet, and the second single off their sixth album Comatose . The song has achieved a large amount of popularity in both mainstream and Christian radio. It is the fourth single by Skillet to be released to physical media. The song was also allegedly used for a video on YouTube named Super Mario 64 Big Star Secret, which is lost to this day.

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R&R magazine counted it as the No. 1 most played song in 2008 for Christian rock radio with 4,505 plays. [2]

Music and lyrics

The song is based on a driving rock sound with heavy guitars in drop B tuning. It is written from the perspective of God, to humans, affirming that "you'll never be alone". [3] [4]

Video credits

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [5] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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