| Never Lost | |
| Cover: | Never Lost by Elevation Worship.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Elevation Worship |
| Genre: | Contemporary worship music |
| Length: | 5:15 |
| Label: | Elevation Worship Records |
| Producer: | Aaron Robertson |
| Prev Title: | See a Victory |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
| Next Title: | Impresionante |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
"Never Lost" is a song performed by American contemporary worship band Elevation Worship released as a standalone single, on November 1, 2019.[1] The song was written by Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, and Tiffany Hammer.[2] Chris Brown and Aaron Robertson handled the production of the single.
"Never Lost" debuted at No. 36 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart. Elevation Worship also released a live version of the song which featured Tauren Wells on their live album, Graves into Gardens (2020). This version of the song peaked at No. 31 on the Hot Christian Songs chart.
The song was notably covered by CeCe Winans, who released her version of the song on September 4, 2020, as the lead single to her live album, Believe for It (2021). CeCe Winan's single peaked at No. 2 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart. CeCe Winans' rendition of "Never Lost" was nominated for the GMA Dove Award Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year at the 2021 GMA Dove Awards. It won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song at the 2022 Grammy Awards.
Elevation Worship released "Never Lost" as a standalone single, on November 1, 2019.[3] Chris Brown spoke of the song,[4] saying:
"Never Lost" is composed in the key of E♭ with a tempo of 61.5 beats per minute, and a musical time signature of .[5]
"Never Lost" debuted at No. 36 on Billboards Hot Christian Songs chart dated November 16, 2019.[6] The song spent a total of eleven weeks on the Hot Christian Songs chart.[7]
The lyric video of "Never Lost" was published on YouTube by Elevation Worship on May 1, 2020.[8] On May 13, 2020, Elevation Worship released "Never Lost" Backroom Session performance video on their YouTube channel.[9]
| Never Lost (Live) | |
| Type: | song |
| Artist: | Elevation Worship featuring Tauren Wells |
| Album: | Graves into Gardens |
| Genre: | Contemporary worship music |
| Label: | Elevation Worship Records |
| Producer: |
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On May 1, 2020, Elevation Worship released the live version of "Never Lost" featuring Tauren Wells as part of their eighth live album, Graves into Gardens.[10]
"Never Lost" is composed in the key of B with a tempo of 62 beats per minute, and a musical time signature of .[11]
The live version of "Never Lost" debuted at No. 31 on Billboards Hot Christian Songs chart dated May 16, 2020.[12] The song spent a total of twenty-one weeks on the Hot Christian Songs chart.[13]
The lyric video of the song was published on YouTube by Elevation Worship on May 1, 2020.[14] On May 13, 2020, Elevation Worship released the live music video of "Never Lost" featuring Tauren Wells as the lead vocalist, recorded at Elevation Church's Ballantyne campus on their YouTube channel,[15]
| Never Lost | |
| Cover: | Never Lost by CeCe Winans.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | CeCe Winans |
| Album: | Believe For It |
| Genre: | Urban contemporary gospel |
| Label: | Puresprings Gospel |
| Producer: | Kyle Lee |
| Prev Title: | It's Christmas |
| Prev Year: | 2018 |
| Next Title: | Believe For It |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
On September 4, 2020, CeCe Winans released her rendition of "Never Lost" as the lead single to her live album, Believe For It (2021). Kyle Lee handled the production of the single.[17] The recording was nominated for the 2021 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song.[18] CeCe Winans' rendition of "Never Lost" was nominated for the GMA Dove Award Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year at the 2021 GMA Dove Awards. It also won a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song at the 2022 Grammy Awards.
"Never Lost" is composed in the key of D with a tempo of 61.5 beats per minute, and a musical time signature of .[19]
CeCe Winans' rendition of "Never Lost" debuted at No. 20 on Billboards Hot Gospel Songs chart dated September 19, 2020.[20] The song spent a total of thirty-three weeks on the Hot Gospel Songs chart.[21]
The lyric video of the song was published on YouTube by CeCe Winans on September 4, 2020.[22] The video was directed by Calvin Nowell and Travis Flynn, and filmed at Rocketown, in Nashville, Tennessee.[23]
| Year | Organization | Award | Result | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song | [24] | ||
| GMA Dove Awards | Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year | [25] | |||
| 2022 | Grammy Awards | Best Gospel Performance/Song | [26] |