"Egypt" is a song by Bethel Music and

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, which was released as the third single from Bethel Music's twelfth live album, ''

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'' (2020), on April 3, 2020. The song was written by Phil Wickham,

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, Cory Asbury, Ethan Hulse, and Lee Cummings. It celebrates God's faithfulness with reference to the story of the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt to their Promised Land. Brian Johnson also collaborated on the production of the single with Joel Taylor.

Background

On April 3, 2020, Bethel Music released that "Egypt" as the third single to their album, ''

'' (2020), which was initially marketed as ''God of Revival'' at the time that the single was released. It was preceded by Bethel's releases of "God of Revival" and "We Praise You" as singles, as well as Asbury's remix of " Reckless Love" featuring

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, " The Father's House" and "Christ Be Magnified". Cory Asbury shared the story behind the song, which first came to view in 2017 following his family's move from Colorado Springs to

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, saying: On June 18, 2021, Cory Asbury released the studio version of "Egypt" on digital platforms. Asbury's studio version of "Egypt" impacted

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stations in the United States on July 30, 2021.

Composition

"Egypt" is composed in the key of A♭ with a moderate rock tempo of 75 beats per minute and a musical time signature of .

Commercial performance

The live version of "Egypt" debuted at No. 37 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated April 18, 2021, concurrently charting at No. 8 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart. It went on to peak at No. 34 on the chart, and spent a total of seven non-consecutive weeks on Hot Christian Songs Chart. The studio version of "Egypt" debuted at No. 48 on the US Christian Airplay chart dated August 21, 2021. The song then entered the Hot Christian Songs chart dated October 23, 2021, at No. 50.

Music videos

Bethel Music released the live music video of "Egypt" with Cory Asbury leading the song at Bethel Church through their YouTube channel on April 3, 2020.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

Other versions

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and Essential Worship released a cover of the song as a standalone single.

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