"Nineveh" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter Brooke Ligertwood. It was released as the first and only promotional single from her first live album, Seven (2022), on 4 February 2022.[1] Brooke Ligertwood co-wrote the song with Steven Furtick.[2] The single was produced by Brooke Ligertwood and Jason Ingram.[3]
Background
"Nineveh" was released on 4 February 2022, accompanied with its live music video.[4] "Nineveh" follows the release of "A Thousand Hallelujahs" which was the first single from her live album, Seven (2022).[5] Ligertwood shared the story behind the song, saying that Steven Furtick reached out to her in the spring of 2021 with the idea of writing a song called "Nineveh."[6] Ligertwood opined about the songwriting process for the song,[7] saying:
It is a rare and deep joy to be able to write a song that closely examines a narrative of scripture while simultaneously inviting the listener to allow the scripture to examine them. "Nineveh" is one such rarity and I feel honoured to have co-written it with a songwriter and thinker I immensely respect – it was a joy from beginning to end.
Composition
"Nineveh" is composed in the key of C with a tempo of 67.5 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 4 4.[8]
Music videos
On 4 February 2022, Brooke Ligertwood released the live performance video of "Nineveh" via YouTube.[9] The live performance video was recorded on 11 November 2021, at The Belonging Co, a church in Nashville, Tennessee.[10] Ligertwood published the lyric video of the song via YouTube on 13 February 2022.[11]
