"God Really Loves Us" is a song performed by
Crowder and
Dante Bowe featuring
Maverick City Music. It was released on June 3, 2022, as the third single from Crowder's fourth studio album, Milk & Honey (2021).[1] Crowder co-wrote the song with
Ben Glover, Dante Bowe, and Jeff Sojka.[2]
"God Really Loves Us" was initially released as the seventh track on Crowder's album, Milk & Honey, on June 11, 2021.[7] On June 3, 2022, Crowder and Dante Bowe released the radio version of "God Really Loves Us" on digital formats, becoming the third single from the album, following "
Good God Almighty" and "
In the House".[8]
Composition
"God Really Loves Us" is composed in the key of
B with a tempo of 83.5 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 6 8.[9]
Reception
Critical response
Timothy Yap of JubileeCast said of the song: "One of the soon-to-be-classic-worship-tune is the sublime "God Really Loves Us." Teaming up with Dante Bowe and Maverick City Music, "God Really Loves Us" begins softly before exploding into a dynamic full-Gospel-choir celebration."[10] Reviewing for Jesus Freak Hideout, John Underdown explicitly listed "God Really Loves Us" as one of the songs from Milk & Honey which were earworms and had lyrics with some powerful moments.[11] Kelly Meade of Today's Christian Entertainment opined that "This ballad stands out with its emotionally moving piano arrangement & choir-like backing vocals."[12]
Following the album's release, "God Really Loves Us" debuted at No. 11 on the US Gospel Digital Song Sales chart dated June 26, 2021.[15] "God Really Loves Us" made its debut at No. 45 on the US
Christian Airplay chart dated June 25, 2022.[16] After being released to Christian radio, "God Really Loves Us" debuted at No. 46 on the US
Hot Christian Songs chart,[17] and No. 25 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart,[18] dated July 9, 2022.
Music videos
On June 11, 2021, Crowder released the lyric video for "God Really Loves Us" through YouTube.[19] On June 3, 2022, Crowder released the audio video for the radio version of the song via YouTube.[20]
On August 12, 2022, Crowder published the official music video for "God Really Loves Us" with Dante Bowe featuring Maverick City Music on YouTube.[21] The music video, directed by Patrick Tohill, was filmed on a rooftop in downtown Atlanta as the three acts performed the song at sunset.[22]
Charts
Weekly charts
Weekly chart performance for "God Really Loves Us"