"Ain't No Grave" is a song performed by

Bethel Music Bethel Music is an American music label and worship movement from Redding, California, originating out of Bethel Church (Redding, California), Bethel Church where they started making music in 2001. Bethel Music has grown from being a local church ...

and Molly Skaggs which was released as a promotional single from Bethel Music's eleventh live album, ''Victory'' (2019), on January 4, 2019. The song was written by Jonathan David Helser, Melissa Helser and Molly Skaggs, with

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receiving a posthumous credit for the interpolation of his identically titled original composition.

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produced the single. The song peaked at No. 17 on the US

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chart despite not being an official single.

Background

"Ain't No Grave" was initially released by Bethel Music on January 4, 2019, as one of four promotional singles from ''Victory'', in the lead-up to the album's release which was slated for January 25, 2019. Molly Skaggs shared the story behind the song, saying:

Composition

"Ain't No Grave" is in the key of

B minor B minor is a minor scale based on B, consisting of the pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two sharps. Its relative major is D major and its parallel major is B major. The B natural minor scale is: : Changes neede ...

with a moderate rock tempo of 74 beats per minute and a musical time signature of .

Commercial performance

The song debuted on the US

chart at No. 40 on the issue week of January 19, 2019. After the release of ''Victory'', it jumped to No. 27. In its fifteenth week on the chart, the song peaked at No. 17.

Music videos

Bethel Music released the live music video of "Ain't No Grave" with Molly Skaggs leading the song during a worship service at Bethel Church through their YouTube channel on January 5, 2019. The lyric video of the song was released on January 25, 2019, on YouTube by Bethel Music. An acoustic performance video shot on location in North Carolina, with Skaggs singing was published on YouTube on September 11, 2019.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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