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"God Really Loves Us" is a song performed by
Crowder Crowder may refer to: Places in the United States *Crowder, Oklahoma * Crowder, Mississippi * Crowder, Missouri *Crowder College Crowder College is a public community college in Neosho, Missouri. It serves the Community College District of Newt ...
and Dante Bowe featuring
Maverick City Music Maverick City Music is an American contemporary worship music collective founded by Tony Brown and Jonathan Jay originating from Atlanta. The collective made its debut in 2019 with the release of two extended plays, ''Maverick City, Vol. 1'' and ...
. It was released on June 3, 2022, as the third single from Crowder's fourth studio album, '' Milk & Honey'' (2021). Crowder co-wrote the song with
Ben Glover Benjamin Allen Glover (born June 1, 1978) is a songwriter and producer hailing from Loveland, Colorado, a small city on the edge of the Rocky Mountains. Glover moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2000 after signing his first publishing deal the year ...
, Dante Bowe, and Jeff Sojka. "God Really Loves Us" peaked at No. 3 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, and No. 1 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song at the 2023 Grammy Awards. At the 2023 GMA Dove Awards, "God Really Loves Us" was nominated for the Song of the Year award.


Background

"God Really Loves Us" was initially released as the seventh track on Crowder's album, '' Milk & Honey'', on June 11, 2021. On June 3, 2022, Crowder and Dante Bowe released the radio version of "God Really Loves Us" on digital formats, becoming the third single from the album, following " Good God Almighty" and " In the House".


Composition

"God Really Loves Us" is composed in the key of B with a tempo of 83.5 beats per minute and a musical time signature of .


Reception


Critical response

Timothy Yap of JubileeCast said of the song: "One of the soon-to-be-classic-worship-tune is the sublime "God Really Loves Us." Teaming up with Dante Bowe and Maverick City Music, "God Really Loves Us" begins softly before exploding into a dynamic full-Gospel-choir celebration." Reviewing for Jesus Freak Hideout, John Underdown explicitly listed "God Really Loves Us" as one of the songs from ''Milk & Honey'' which were earworms and had lyrics with some powerful moments. Kelly Meade of Today's Christian Entertainment opined that "This ballad stands out with its emotionally moving piano arrangement & choir-like backing vocals."


Awards and nominations


Commercial performance

Following the album's release, "God Really Loves Us" debuted at No. 11 on the US Gospel Digital Song Sales chart dated June 26, 2021. "God Really Loves Us" made its debut at No. 45 on the US Christian Airplay chart dated June 25, 2022. After being released to Christian radio, "God Really Loves Us" debuted at No. 46 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, and No. 25 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart, dated July 9, 2022.


Music videos

On June 11, 2021, Crowder released the lyric video for "God Really Loves Us" through YouTube. On June 3, 2022, Crowder released the audio video for the radio version of the song via YouTube. On August 12, 2022, Crowder published the official music video for "God Really Loves Us" with Dante Bowe featuring Maverick City Music on YouTube. The music video, directed by Patrick Tohill, was filmed on a rooftop in downtown Atlanta as the three acts performed the song at sunset.


Charts


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Release history


Other versions

* Passion released a version of the song featuring Crowder and Chidima on their live album, ''Burn Bright'' (2022).


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:God Really Loves Us 2021 songs 2022 singles Capitol Records singles Crowder (musician) songs Dante Bowe songs Maverick City Music songs Sparrow Records singles Songs written by Ben Glover Songs written by Dante Bowe