God Whispered Your Name

"God Whispered Your Name"
Single by Keith Urban
from the album The Speed of Now Part 1
Released2 March 2020 (2020-03-02)
GenreCountry
Length3:53
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Keith Urban
  • Dan McCarroll
Keith Urban singles chronology
"We Were"
(2019) 		"God Whispered Your Name"
(2020) 		"Be a Light"
(2020)

"God Whispered Your Name" is a song recorded by New Zealand-Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released on 2 March 2020 as the second single from Urban's eleventh studio album The Speed of Now Part 1.

Content

American Christian musician Chris August co-wrote the song with Shy Carter, Micah Carter, and James T. Slater. Urban co-produced with Dan McCarroll.[1] Of the song, Urban told Nash Country Daily, "absolutely spoke to me and tells my journey in such a profound way going through a season in life of being very lost and lonely and confused and not knowing how to get out of that".[2]

Jennifer Massaux directed the music video, which features Urban performing in a basement, from which he escapes to find a sunlit landscape. The basement scenes were filmed underneath a warehouse in Nashville, Tennessee, while the outside scenes were filmed in Lancaster, California.[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australia Country Hot 50 (TMN)[4] 10
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5] 65
Canada Country (Billboard)[6] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 60
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[8] 8
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 13

Year-end charts

Chart (2020) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[10] 25
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 28

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Angela Stefano (27 February 2020). "Keith Urban Releases New Single 'God Whispered Your Name'". The Boot. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ^ Jim Casey (6 March 2020). "Watch Keith Urban Perform New Song, "God Whispered Your Name," on "The Late Show"". Nash Country Daily. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ Jon Freeman (2 April 2020). "Keith Urban Escapes From the Dark in 'God Whispered Your Name' Video". Rolling Stone Country. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Country Hot 50: Issue 1290". The Music Network. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Country Airplay Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  12. ^ "American single certifications – Keith Urban – God Whispered Your Name". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 25, 2021.