Fear Is Not My Future

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What a declaration and amazing thing to sing. Fear is not my future, sickness is not my story. There's so many things in our life that we’re like this is what I've been given and I have to deal with it. I felt like this would be a powerful opportunity to break that agreement and say no. Goodbye fear, goodbye pain, goodbye to the grave that you feel like you're standing in. Let's do the opposite and let's prophecy hello peace, hello joy, hello love.

On June 17. 2022, Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin released the live version of the song featuring Lake and Moore as the second track on their collaborative live album, Kingdom Book One , [11] along with the song's official music video. [12]

Composition

"Fear Is Not My Future" is composed in the key of E♭ with a tempo of 69 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 4
4. [13]

Reception

Critical response

Katie Cline of Air1 gave a favorable opinion of the song, saying: "In “Fear is Not My Future,” Brandon Lake and Chandler David Moore’s voices restore hope to our troubled minds, bidding farewell to sickness, heartbreak, and death as we embrace the peace, love, and joy of Christ in our lives." [14] Briauna Prieto of Peer Magazine wrote a positive review of the song, saying: "With a typical build and repetitive lyrics, this song is easy to catch on to. It's also full of long musical interludes that Maverick City incorporates into so many of their songs, giving plenty of room to have your own personal reflection during the song." [15]

Awards and nominations

"Fear Is Not My Future"
Fear Is Not My Future (Radio Version) - Maverick City Music featuring Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore.jpg
Single by Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin featuring Brandon Lake and Chandler Moore
from the album Kingdom Book One
ReleasedNovember 4, 2022 (2022-11-04)
RecordedMarch 2022
Venue Everglades Correctional Institution, Miami-Dade, Florida, US
Genre Contemporary worship
Length
  • 10:25 (album version)
  • 4:02 (radio version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Brandon Lake
  • Jonathan Jay
  • Hannah Shackelford
  • Nicole Hannel
Producer(s)
  • Tony Brown
  • Jonathan Jay
  • Kirk Franklin
  • Chandler Moore
  • Norman Gyamfi
Maverick City Music singles chronology
"God Really Loves Us"
(2022)		"Fear Is Not My Future"
(2022)		"Mary, Did You Know?"
(2022)
Kirk Franklin singles chronology
"Afro Gospel Mashup"
(2022)		"Fear Is Not My Future"
(2022)
Awards
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef
2023 Grammy Awards Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song Won
GMA Dove Awards Song of the YearNominated
Worship Recorded Song of the YearNominated

Commercial performance

"Fear Is Not My Future" debuted at number 26 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, [18] and number 11 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart dated July 2, 2022. [19]

Music videos

On June 17, 2022, Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin released the music video of "Fear Is Not My Future" featuring Brandon Lake and Chandler Moore, filmed at Mother Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. [20] [21] The music video's release is in remembrance of the Charleston church shooting which occurred at the church seven years prior on June 17, 2015. [21]

On June 20, 2022, Essential Worship released an acoustic performance video of the song, with Brandon Lake and Chandler Moore leading the song. [22]

Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Fear Is Not My Future"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousNovember 4, 2022
Digital download
Tribl Records

Other versions

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