Move Your Heart

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Move Your Heart
Move Your Heart - Maverick City Music & Upperroom.jpg
EP by
Maverick City Music and Upperroom
ReleasedJanuary 29, 2021 (2021-01-29)
Recorded2020
VenueUpperroom, Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Genre Contemporary worship music
Label Maverick City Music
Producer
  • Jonathan Jay
  • Tony Brown
  • Oscar Gamboa
Maverick City Music chronology
Maverick City Christmas
(2020)
Move Your Heart
(2021)
Jubilee
(2021)
Upperroom chronology
You Hold It All Together
(2020)
Move Your Heart
(2021)
Arbor
(2021)

Move Your Heart is the second collaborative live extended play by American contemporary worship groups Maverick City Music and Upperroom. The EP was released on January 29, 2021, via Maverick City Music. [1] The featured worship leaders on the EP are Brandon Lake, Eniola Abioye, Dante Bowe, Elyssa Smith, Joel Figueroa, Chandler Moore, Aaron Moses, Maryanne J. George and Chuck Butler. The EP was produced by Oscar Gamboa, Tony Brown and Jonathan Jay.

Contents

Move Your Heart debuted at No. 15 on Billboard 's Top Christian Albums Chart and No. 1 on Top Gospel Albums Chart. It was nominated for the Billboard Music Award for Top Gospel Album at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. [2]

Reception

Critical response

The Banner's Kayleigh Fongers applauded Maverick City Music and Upperroom in her review of the extended play, saying: "It’s evident that this project sprang forth from a genuine passion for music, community, and, most importantly, God." [3]

Accolades

Awards
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef
2022 Billboard Music Awards Top Gospel Album Nominated [4]

Commercial performance

In the United States, Move Your Heart debuted at No. 15 on Top Christian Albums and No. 1 on Top Gospel Albums charts, [5] [6] having earned 2,000 equivalent album units in its first week of sales. [7]

Track listing

Move Your Heart [8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rest on Us" (featuring Brandon Lake and Eniola Abioye)
  • Brandon Lake
  • Tony Brown
  • Jonathan Jay
  • Harvest Parker
  • Rebekah White
  • Elyssa Smith
5:37
2."Move Your Heart" (featuring Dante Bowe and Elyssa Smith)
  • Dante Bowe
  • Smith
  • Oscar Gamboa
  • Joel Figueroa
10:21
3."Everything Is Yours (Spontaneous)" (featuring Dante Bowe, Elyssa Smith and Joel Figueroa)
13:04
4."Come and Behold" (featuring Chandler Moore and Elyssa Smith)
  • Elyssa Smith
  • Gamboa
  • Lucas Cortazio
  • Evelyn Heideriqui
7:40
5."I Want to See You (Spontaneous)" (featuring Chandler Moore)
5:20
6."Your Blood Is Strong Enough" (featuring Chandler Moore)Chandler Moore5:13
7."I Thank God" (featuring Dante Bowe, Aaron Moses, Maryanne J. George and Chuck Butler)
  • Bowe
  • Aaron Moses
  • Maryanne J. George
  • Chuck Butler
  • Jesse Cline
  • Enrique Holmes
7:45

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
VariousJanuary 29, 2021Maverick City Music [8]

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