Furtado recorded a new version of the song as a duet with Australian-American country singer Keith Urban the following year, which was released in North America in April 2008.

[2] Lyrically, the song is about moving on and starting anew, with Furtado declaring in the chorus, "Our love's floating up in the sky in heaven/ Where it began, back in God's hands.

"[7] Sean Fennessey of Pitchfork criticized the songwriting on the chorus and wrote that, "If "Promiscuous" is one of the fiercest songs of lust in recent memory, "In God's Hands" is one of the limpest.

"[3] Jonathan Keefe of Slant was more ambivalent, praising Furtado's vocals but maligning the song's inclusion on Loose.

"While "In God's Hands" is one of the first times in her career that Furtado's voice could... be described as pretty," writes Keefe, "the song itself... simply doesn't fit with the first two-thirds of the album.

[19] In the United States, "In God's Hands" entered the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart dated 26 April 2008 at number 25 and was the week's highest debut.

[22] A music video for the song was shot on 9 May 2007 between 5 and 7 a.m. in Los Angeles, California[citation needed] and directed by Jesse Dylan.