"You're Gonna Be OK" is a song by

Jenn Johnson Jennifer Louise Rock Johnson is an American Christian worship singer, songwriter and worship pastor. She is a co-founding member of Bethel Music, and is one-half of the husband-and-wife worship duo, Brian & Jenn Johnson. She is also a senior wors ...

, which was released on May 8, 2017, as

Brian & Jenn Johnson Brian Mark Johnson (born March 17, 1978) is an American contemporary worship musician and worship pastor. He is the president and co-founder of Bethel Music, as well as a member of its Artist Collective and is one-half of the husband-and-wife ...

's lead single from their first studio album, '' After All These Years'' (2017).

Background

Composed by Jenn Johnson,

Seth Mosley Seth David Mosley (born October 17, 1987) is an American Christian musician and record producer, who plays Christian pop and Christian rock. He was the frontman for the Christian alternative rock band Me in Motion. Mosley was awarded the Songwr ...

and

Jeremy Riddle Jeremy Michael Riddle (born October 18, 1977) is an American Christian musician, songwriter, and worship leader, best known for a long tenure as an ensemble leader with Bethel Music. Background Born in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey Jeremy ...

, the song was released as part of the Brian & Jenn Johnson compilation, '' After All These Years'', on January 27, 2017. On May 8, 2017, the radio version of the song was released as a digital download. The song also impacted

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on May 26, 2017.

Writing and development

Jenn Johnson had an interview with Kevin Davis, lead contributor at NewReleaseToday about the song and the inspiration behind it. Davis asked about the personal story behind the song, to which Johnson responded saying:

A year and half ago,
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was really going through a tough time, and it unraveled and he ended up having a nervous breakdown. ... It was a really difficult time, and God really helped him to deal with things like forgiveness and some tough meetings with people at that time. It was a beautiful, although terrible, time.
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:28-30says, "the 'worst' is never the worst." That was the verse that I hung onto. – Jenn Johnson, NewReleaseToday

Johnson also added that the song "felt like it was such a message and prophetic statement," and also "felt like God promised that if I wrote this song it would save people, and even people thinking of suicide can be filled with hope, even though we don't know what tomorrow holds." She also listed several scriptural references from various translations to affirm the song's message.

Accolades

Music videos

The official lyric video of the song was published on January 27, 2017, on Bethel Music's

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channel and has been viewed over 4 million times as of September 2017.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:You're Gonna Be OK 2017 singles 2017 songs Contemporary Christian songs Songs written by Seth Mosley Songs written by Jeremy Riddle