"Overcomer" is the lead single, released on June 21, 2013, from

Mandisa Mandisa Lynn Hundley (born October 2, 1976), known professionally as Mandisa, is an American gospel and contemporary Christian recording artist. Her career began as a contestant in the fifth season of ''American Idol'', in which she finished in ...

's fourth album, '' Overcomer''.

Composition

"Overcomer" is originally in the key of

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, with a tempo of 120

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. Written in

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, Mandisa's vocal range spans from G₃ to F₅ during the song.

Commercial performance

''Overcomer'' reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard''

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chart, and No. 3 on their

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chart, spending a total of nine weeks on the latter chart. It also stayed No. 1 on the National Christian Audience chart for 12 weeks, as well as No. 1 for 14 weeks on SoundScan's Christian/Gospel Core Digital sales chart. The song was certified Gold by the

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on November 13, 2014, and achieved Platinum certification on January 23, 2020.

Music video

The music video's world premiere was aired on ''

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'' on September 5, 2013. The music video for the song premiered on September 12, 2013 on

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. Furthermore, the video has over forty million views on ''

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''. Featured in the video are

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, Robin Roberts, Scott Hamilton, and Hannah Curlee.

Live performances

Mandisa performed the song on television for the first time on ''Good Morning America''.

Use in media

The song was used as the title song for the ''Good Morning America'' series "''Overcomers''", in which host Robin Roberts asked viewers to share their personal stories to the world. It was also featured on '' WOW Hits 2014'' in 2013 and in the motion picture of the same name in 2019.

Accolades

The song won a Grammy award in 2014 for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song for its songwriters David Garcia, Ben Glover and Christopher Stevens.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

References

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