"Too Good to Not Believe" is a song by Brandon Lake and

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, which was released on May 21, 2021, as the lead single to Bethel Music's thirteenth live album, ''

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'' (2021). The song was written by Lake, Chris Davenport,

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, and Josh Silverberg. David Whitworth handled the production of the single. "Too Good to Not Believe" peaked at number 17 on the US

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Background

On May 14, 2021, Bethel Music released the music video of "Too Good to Not Believe" with Brandon Lake on YouTube. Lake and Bethel Music officially released the song as a single on May 21, 2021. On September 10, 2021, Lake alongside

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released the radio version of "Too Good to Not Believe".

Writing and development

Brandon Lake shared the story behind the song, saying it came out of a conversation between Cody Carnes, Chris Davenport and him about the miracles they had seen. Lake shared that while Joshua Silverberg was not present when they had written the song, he was credited on account of being an inspiration to them for the number of healings he had seen. Lake quoted Silverberg saying "God heals because he loves. It's in his nature, it's in his character. It's what he does, and he's never stopped healing."

Composition

"Too Good to Not Believe" is composed in the key of C with a tempo of 72 beats per minute and a musical time signature of .

Commercial performance

"Too Good to Not Believe" debuted at No. 33 on the US

chart dated June 5, 2021, concurrently charting at No. 7 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart. "Too Good to Not Believe" debuted at number 50 on the US

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chart dated October 30, 2021.

Music videos

Bethel Music released the live music video of "Too Good to Not Believe" with Brandon Lake leading the song at Bethel Church through their YouTube channel on May 14, 2021. On September 24, 2021, Bethel Music released the official lyric video of the song on YouTube.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

Cody Carnes and Brandon Lake version

and Brandon Lake released a studio-recorded version of "Too Good to Not Believe" as a single on May 28, 2021.

Accolades

Commercial performance

"Too Good to Not Believe" debuted at number 44 on the US

chart. The song went on to peak at number 43 and has spent a total of three consecutive weeks on the chart. "Too Good to Not Believe" debuted at No. 45 on the US

chart dated February 1, 2022.

Music videos

On May 28, 2021, the audio video of "Too Good to Not Believe" was published on Cody Carnes's YouTube channel, as well as the live performance video of the song.

Track listing

Personnel

Studio version credits adapted from

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. * Dan Alber — bass * Cody Carnes — primary artist, vocals * Chad Chrisman — A&R * Austin Davis — drums, producer, programmer * Garrett Davis — A&R * Sam Gibson — mastering engineer, mixing * Brandon Lake — primary artist, vocals * Casey Moore — acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Micah Nichols — vocal engineer * Skye Reedy — background vocals * Aaron Robertson — keyboards, programmer * Sam Westhoff — vocal engineer Live version credits adapted from

. * Dan Alber — bass * Tyler Carino — assistant engineer * Cody Carnes — acoustic guitar, primary artist, producer, vocals * Chad Chrisman — A&R * Austin Davis — producer, programmer * Garrett Davis — A&R * Sam Gibson — mastering engineer, mixing * Kari Jobe — background vocals * Casey Moore — electric guitar * Jack Nellis — vocal engineer * Aaron Robertson — programmer * Jessica Sheppard — keyboards * Bobby Strand — electric guitar, keyboards * Joe Volk — drums

Charts

Release history

Other versions

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and

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released their live version of the song featuring Lizzie Morgan, Cecily, and Melvin Crispell III, as a promotional single from their album, ''

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'' (2022).

References

External links

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