| Look Up Child | |
| Cover: | Look Up Child (Official Single Artwork) by Lauren Daigle.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lauren Daigle |
| Album: | Look Up Child |
| Recorded: | 2017–18 |
| Prev Title: | The Christmas Song |
| Prev Year: | 2018 |
| Next Title: | Rescue |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
"Look Up Child" is the second single by American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Lauren Daigle for her third studio album of the same name.[1] The song peaked at No. 3 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, becoming her twelfth top ten single, and making her the woman with the most top tens on the chart.[2] The song is played in a D major key, and 91 beats per minute.[3]
"Look Up Child" was released as the second promotional single from Look Up Child on August 28, 2018. After being seen as the second favorite from the album, it was released to Christian radio on January 4, 2019. For the song, she explained in an interview with SongwriterUniverse, "I wanted to communicate that rootsy Louisiana soul-jazz element I grew up in. I thought about how my grandfather would teach me how to dance in the living room, that great cross-generational creative passion, and wanted to express that as well.”"[4]
"Look Up Child" is originally in the key of D major, with a tempo of 91 beats per minute. Written in common time, Daigle's vocal range spans from A3 to B4 during the song.[5]
It debuted at No. 33 on the Hot Christian Songs chart, despite not being an official single.[6] After the release of the album, it rose up to No. 12.[7] The song would be released as a single and on its twenty-sixth week, it reached the top ten.[8] It has reached its peak of No. 3. It debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard Christian Airplay chart on the issue week of November 17, 2018.[9]
Daigle performed the song on television for the first time on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[10] [11]
| Chart (2018–19) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| UK Cross Rhythms Weekly Chart[12] | 1 | |
| US Christian AC (Billboard)[13] | 7 |
| Chart (2019) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| UK Cross Rhythms Annual Chart[15] | 1 | |
| US Christian Songs (Billboard)[16] | 11 | |
| US Christian Airplay (Billboard)[17] | 26 | |
| US Christian CHR (Billboard)[18] | 3 | |
| US Christian AC (Billboard)[19] | 24 |