Heavenly Hosts Explained

Heavenly Hosts
Cover:Heavenly Hosts - For King & Country.jpg
Type:single
Artist:For King & Country
Album:A Drummer Boy Christmas
Genre:
Length:3:47
Label:Word Entertainment
Producer:
  • Benjamin Backus
  • For King & Country
  • Tedd Tjornhom
Chronology:For King & Country
Prev Title:Kingdom Come
Prev Year:2021
Next Year:2022

"Heavenly Hosts" is a song performed by an Australian Christian pop duo For King & Country. The song impacted Christian radio in the United States on 3 November 2021, becoming the third single from A Drummer Boy Christmas (2020). The song was written by Benjamin Backus, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Matt Hales, Tedd Tjornhom, and Tony Wood.[1]

"Heavenly Hosts" peaked at No. 16 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart.

Background

On 16 October 2020, For King & Country released "Heavenly Hosts" as the second and final promotional single from A Drummer Boy Christmas (2020),[2] accompanied with a lyric video.[3] For King & Country shared the story behind the song,[4] saying:

Composition

"Heavenly Hosts" composed in the key of A with a tempo of 109 beats per minute and a musical time signature of .[5]

Commercial performance

"Heavenly Hosts" debuted at number 48 on the US Hot Christian Songs dated 12 December 2020.[6] The song peaked at number 16 spent a total of six non-consecutive weeks on the chart.[7]

Music videos

The official lyric video of the song was released on 16 October 2020, also on For King & Country's YouTube channel.[8] [9] The music video of "Heavenly Hosts" was released by For King & Country via YouTube on 27 November 2020.[10] [11] On 17 December 2020, For King & Country released the acoustic performance video of the song through YouTube.[12]

Charts

Chart (2020-2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
US Christian AC (Billboard)[13] 2

Release history

Release history and formats for "Heavenly Hosts"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various16 October 2020Word Entertainment[14]
United States3 November 2021Christian radio[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heavenly Hosts Chords, Lyrics and Sheet Music SongSelect® . SongSelect . CCLI . 14 January 2022.
  2. Web site: For KING & COUNTRY Premiere Original Christmas Song "Heavenly Hosts" - TCB . Longs . Herb . 16 October 2020 . The Christian Beat . 14 January 2022.
  3. Web site: for KING & COUNTRY Release 'Heavenly Hosts' CCM Magazine . Cluver . Ross . 19 October 2020 . . 14 January 2022.
  4. Web site: for KING & COUNTRY Release New Single "Heavenly Hosts" : News : JubileeCast . 18 October 2020 . JubileeCast . 14 January 2022.
  5. Web site: Heavenly Hosts by for KING & COUNTRY . MultiTracks . 14 January 2022.
  6. Hot Christian Songs – Billboard . 8 December 2020 . . 14 January 2022.
  7. For King & Country . . Hot Christian Songs Chart History . 14 January 2022.
  8. Web site: for KING & COUNTRY- Heavenly Hosts Official Picture-Story Lyric Video SCENE 05 - YouTube . 16 October 2020 . . 14 January 2022.
  9. Web site: JFH News: for KING and COUNTRY Releases "Heavenly Hosts," First of 2 Original Christmas Tunes from "A Drummer Boy Christmas" . 16 October 2020 . Jesus Freak Hideout . 14 January 2022.
  10. Web site: for KING & COUNTRY - Heavenly Hosts (Official Music Video) - YouTube . 27 November 2020 . . 14 January 2022.
  11. Web site: For KING & COUNTRY "Heavenly Hosts" Music Video - TCB . Clarks . Jessie . 27 November 2020 . The Christian Beat . 14 January 2022.
  12. Web site: for KING & COUNTRY- Heavenly Hosts Acoustic Performance Video - YouTube . 17 December 2020 . . 14 January 2022.
  13. For King & Country Chart History - Billboard . . Christian AC Airplay Chart . 14 January 2022.
  14. Web site: Heavenly Hosts by for KING & COUNTRY on Amazon Music - Amazon.com . 16 October 2020 . Amazon.com . 14 January 2022.
  15. Web site: Curb-Word Promo Team on Instagram: "On the 6th day of Christmas, CurbWord Entertainment gave to me... for KING & COUNTRY "Heavenly Hosts" Sara Reeves "Go Tell It On The…" . registration . November 3, 2021 . . 14 January 2021 . live . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/curbwordpromo/2698564032473046253_2698564026961627015 . 13 January 2021.