"The Commission" is a song performed by American
Christian country band
Cain
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. The song was released on December 11, 2021, as the third single from their debut studio album, ''
Rise Up'' (2021). The song was written by Blake Neesmith, Carter Frodge, Logan Cain, Madison Cain, Nick Schwarz, and Taylor Cain.
"The Commission" peaked at number two on the US
Hot Christian Songs
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chart.
Background
On November 29, 2021, the radio team of
Provident Label Group
Provident Entertainment is a division of Sony Music headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee and focused primarily on Christian music. The group handles its own physical distribution through its Provident-Integrity service.
Provident Label Group
...
announced that "The Commission" will be serviced to
Christian radio
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in the United States, the official add date for the single slated on December 31, 2021.
The song is about the
Great Commission
In Christianity, the Great Commission is the instruction of the resurrected Jesus Christ to his disciples to spread the gospel to all the nations of the world. The Great Commission is outlined in Matthew 28:16– 20, where on a mountain i ...
, drawing inspiration from
Matthew 28:19–
20. Taylor Cain Matz shared the story behind the song, saying:
On April 15, 2022, Cain released a new version of "The Commission" featuring
Cody Carnes
Cody Jay Carnes is an American Christian singer, songwriter and worship pastor.
Carnes launched his solo music career in 2017 after signing with Capitol Christian Music Group, with the release of his critically acclaimed debut studio album, '' ...
, accompanied with its lyric video.
Composition
"The Commission" is composed in the key of
F with a tempo of 75
beats per minute
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and a musical time signature of .
Accolades
Commercial performance
"The Commission" made its debut at number 30 on the US
Christian Airplay
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chart dated December 18, 2021, being the highest ranking debut that week.
"The Commission" debuted at number 50 on the US
Hot Christian Songs
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chart dated January 8, 2022.
Music videos
The official audio video of "The Commission" was published on Cain's
YouTube
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channel on March 6, 2020. The Song Session video of the song was availed by Essential Worship on March 16, 2020, to YouTube. The official acoustic performance video of the song was published by Cain on YouTube on May 21, 2021. The official lyric video of the song was published by Cain on YouTube on June 11, 2021.
The official music video for "The Commission" premiered on Cain's YouTube channel on December 10, 2021. The music video was filmed on the set of the television drama
''The Chosen'' in Utah, the song being featured on a Christmas special episode titled "Christmas With The Chosen: The Messengers".
Cain published the official lyric video for the version of "The Commission" featuring Cody Carnes on April 15, 2022.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
External links
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2020 songs
2021 singles
Cody Carnes songs