God with Us (song)

"God With Us" is a song written and performed by Christian rock band MercyMe.

[3] It was produced by Brown Bannister, and the strings on the song were recorded by the London Session Orchestra.

[4] It is set in common time and in the key of B major, with a moderate tempo of 92 beats per minute,[5] and a vocal range spanning from A3–E5.

Mike Parker of Today's Christian Music commented that ""God With Us", a superlative, six-minute marathon, may be the best cut on the album",[6] also opining that "With plenty of time to sink its teeth into the song, the band delivers more emotion than on any tune since “I Can Only Imagine".

1, a spot it held for three weeks before being supplanted by "East to West" by Casting Crowns.

[31] In all, "God With Us" spent a total of 38 weeks on the Hot Christian Songs chart,[32] eight of them at No.

3 on the Hot Christian Songs chart; only "You Are Everything" by Matthew West and "Call My Name" by Third Day ranked higher.

4 on the year-end Hot Christian AC chart, with only "You Are Everything" by Matthew West, "Let It Fade" by Jeremy Camp, and "Call My Name" by Third Day ranking higher.

At the concert which took place on 4 November 2011 at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the band performed "God with Us" as part of their setlist.

[39] At a concert in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the band, dressed in suits designed around their then-upcoming album The Generous Mr. Lovewell, performed "God with Us" as the final song of their setlist.

[40] At a concert in Huntsville, Alabama, MercyMe performed "God with Us" as part of their setlist.