"Sparrows" is a song performed by American

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musician

Cory Asbury Cory Hunter Asbury is an American Christian musician, worship pastor, songwriter, and former member of the Bethel Music collective. Starting as an intern with the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2005, Asbury's career as ...

. On September 11, 2020, the song was released to

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in the United States as the second single from Asbury's third studio album, ''

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''. Asbury collaborated with Ethan Hulse,

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, and Jared Anderson in writing the song, and the production of the single was handled by Paul Mabury. "Sparrows" was a commercial success, having reached No. 6 on the US

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chart while becoming Asbury's third top ten on the chart.

Background

On June 29, 2020, Asbury unveiled the name and artwork of the then-upcoming album, ''To Love a Fool'', with the release date slated for July 31, 2020. Asbury held an election-style contest for the release of a song from the album, asking fans to vote between "

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" and "Sparrows", with the winning song being slated for release on July 10, 2020. The contest was set on July 2. "Sparrows" won the contest and was released as the first promotional single from the album, concurrently launching the album's pre-order. In an interview with ''Billboard'', Asbury revealed that "Sparrows" will be the second single from the album, following "

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". "Sparrows" was serviced to

on September 11, 2020, as the second official single from the album. On November 6, 2020, Asbury released the live version of "Sparrows" as part of his album, '' To Love a Fool – A Rooftop Experience'' (2020).

Composition

"Sparrows" is composed in the key of A♭ with a tempo of 70 beats per minute and a musical time signature of .

Commercial performance

"Sparrows" debuted at number 48 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated August 1, 2020. The song debuted on the

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chart dated September 19, 2020, at number 31, following its release to Christian radio. On the Hot Christian Songs chart dated February 20, 2021, "Sparrows" also became his third top ten entry, having peaked at number 10.

Music videos

Asbury published the audio video of the song on

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on July 10, 2020. Asbury then released the acoustic performance video of the song, which was recorded in his loft in downtown

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, on July 13, 2020. On November 6, 2020, Asbury published the live performance video of the song, which was recorded on a rooftop in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

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