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| Promotional single by Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music featuring Brandon Lake | |
| from the album Old Church Basement | |
| Released | April 9, 2021 |
| Recorded | 2021 |
| Genre | Contemporary worship music |
| Length | 8:29 |
| Label | Elevation Worship |
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| "Talking to Jesus" on YouTube | |
| "Talking to Jesus" (Lyrics) on YouTube | |
"Talking to Jesus" is a song performed by American contemporary worship bands Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music, which features vocals from Brandon Lake. The song was released on April 9, 2021, as a promotional single from their collaborative live album, Old Church Basement (2021).[1] The song was written by Brandon Lake, Chris Brown, and Steven Furtick.[2]
"Talking to Jesus" debuted at No. 9 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart,[3] and at No. 1 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart.[4]
Brandon Lake and Thomas Rhett released a live rendition of "Talking to Jesus" as a standalone single on May 12, 2023.[5] Their rendition peaked at No. 26 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart.[6]
On April 9, 2021, Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music released "Talking to Jesus" featuring Brandon Lake as the second promotional single from their collaborative album, Old Church Basement (2021).[1] "Talking to Jesus" is the follow-up to the first promotional single from the album, "Jireh". The song also marks Brandon Lake's second appearance on an Elevation Worship project, having co-written and featured on the hit single "Graves into Gardens".[1]
Chris Brown of Elevation Worship shared the story about how the song came about,[7] saying
That morning Brandon and I were hacking away at a really fast song idea on a $200 bass and a Gretsch guitar when pastor [Steven Furtick] walked in on a mission to share the lyric idea that had come to him in the car on the way over.
Brown further added that he had difficulty explaining how they fell into a two chord trance that lasted several hours, with Furtick telling stories on the microphone, but that is how the song came about.[7]
"Talking to Jesus" is composed in the key of B with a tempo of 59 beats per minute, and a musical time signature of 4
4.[8]
"Talking to Jesus" debuted at No. 9 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart and at No. 1 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart, both dated April 22, 2021.[9] "Talking to Jesus" attracted 2 million streams and 4,000 downloads in the United States in its first week.[9] "Talking to Jesus" is the second Hot Gospel Songs chart-topper for Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music, while being Brandon Lake's first No. 1 entry on the chart. On Hot Christian Songs, it is the eighth top ten entry for Elevation Worship, and the second for Maverick City Music and Lake.[9]
On April 9, 2021, Elevation Worship released the official music video of "Talking to Jesus" on their YouTube channel.[10] The video shows Brandon Lake leading the song.
On April 30, 2021, Elevation Worship published the lyric video of the song on YouTube.[11]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[16] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | April 24, 2021 |
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| Single by Brandon Lake and Thomas Rhett | ||||
| Released | May 12, 2023 | |||
| Recorded | April 16, 2023 | |||
| Venue | Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | |||
| Genre | Contemporary worship music | |||
| Length | 7:30 | |||
| Label | Provident Label Group | |||
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| "Talking to Jesus" (Live from The Ryman) on YouTube | ||||
Brandon Lake and Thomas Rhett released a live version of "Talking to Jesus" as a standalone single on May 12, 2023.[18] The track was recorded during the Lake's headlining Miracle Nights Tour on April 16, 2023, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.[19]
"Talking to Jesus" debuted at No. 26 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated May 27, 2023,[20] concurrently charting at No. 8 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart.[21]
On May 11, 2023, the audio video of "Too Good to Not Believe" was published on Brandon Lake's YouTube channel,[22] as well as the live performance video of the song alongside Thomas Rhett a day later.[23]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Talking To Jesus" (Live from The Ryman) | 7:30 |
| 2. | "Intro + Talking To Jesus" (Live from The Ryman) | 9:26 |
| Chart (2023) | Peak position |
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| US Hot Christian Songs (Billboard)[6] | 26 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | May 12, 2023 | Provident Label Group |
