Nineveh (song) explained
"Nineveh" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter Brooke Ligertwood. It was released as the first and only promotional single from her first live album, Seven (2022), on 4 February 2022.[1] Brooke Ligertwood co-wrote the song with Steven Furtick.[2] The single was produced by Brooke Ligertwood and Jason Ingram.
Background
"Nineveh" was released on 4 February 2022, accompanied with its live music video.[3] "Nineveh" follows the release of "A Thousand Hallelujahs" which was the first single from her live album, Seven (2022).[4] Ligertwood shared the story behind the song, saying that Steven Furtick reached out to her in the spring of 2021 with the idea of writing a song called "Nineveh."[5] Ligertwood opined about the songwriting process for the song,[6] saying:
Composition
"Nineveh" is composed in the key of C with a tempo of 67.5 beats per minute and a musical time signature of .[7]
Music videos
On 4 February 2022, Brooke Ligertwood released the live performance video of "Nineveh" via YouTube.[8] The live performance video was recorded on 11 November 2021, at The Belonging Co, a church in Nashville, Tennessee.[9] Ligertwood published the lyric video of the song via YouTube on 13 February 2022.[10]
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.[11]
- Jonathan Baines — vocals
- Lorenzo Baylor — vocals
- Natalie Brown — vocals
- Jonathan Buffum — engineer
- Cassie Campbell — bass
- Angelique Carter — vocals
- Tamar Chipp — vocals
- David Dennis — vocals
- Emily Douglas — vocals
- Jackson Dreyer — vocals
- Katelyn Drye — vocals
- E. Edwards — guitar
- Enaka Enyong — vocals
- David Funk — keyboards, programmer
- Sarah Gerald — vocals
- Sam Gibson — mixing
- Olivia Grasso — vocals
- Cecily Hennigan — vocals
- Jason Ingram — engineer, producer, programmer
- Nicole Johnson — vocals
- Benji Kurokose — vocals
- Shantrice Laura — vocals
- Drew Lavyne — mastering engineer
- Jenna Lee — vocals
- Jonathan Lee — guitar
- Brooke Ligertwood — guitar, keyboards, primary artist, producer, vocals
- Allison Marin — strings
- Antonio Marin — strings
- Daniella Mason — choir arrangement
- Daniel McMurray — drums
- Jonathan Mix — engineer
- Noah Moreno — vocals
- Brecken Myers — vocals
- Angela Nasby — vocals
- Jordyn Pierce — vocals
- Marci Pruzina — vocals
- Christine Rhee — vocals
- Emily Ruff — vocals
- Rylee Scott — vocals
- Zack Smith — vocals
- Cheryl Stark — vocals
- Keithon Stribling — vocals
- Dylan Thomas — guitar
- Bobby Valderrama — vocals
- Bria Valderrama — vocals
- Robby Valderrama — vocals
- John Wilds — vocals
- Mitch Wong — vocals
- Steph Wong — vocals
Charts
Release history
Notes and References
- Web site: Brooke Ligertwood Drops 'Nineveh' from New Album 'SEVEN' CCM Magazine . Cluver . Ross . 4 February 2022 . . 28 February 2022 . 14 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220214005024/https://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/brooke-ligertwood-drops-nineveh-from-new-album-seven/ . live .
- Web site: Nineveh Chords, Lyrics and Sheet Music SongSelect® . SongSelect . CCLI . 28 February 2022 . 28 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228200234/https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/7191432/nineveh . live .
- Web site: Brooke Ligertwood Drops "Nineveh" From Forthcoming Live Solo Album - TCB . Clarks . Jessie . 4 February 2022 . The Christian Beat . 28 February 2022 . 25 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220225031156/https://www.thechristianbeat.org/brooke-ligertwood-drops-nineveh-from-forthcoming-live-solo-album/ . live .
- Web site: Here Are the Lyrics & Video of Brooke Ligertwood's "Nineveh" : News : JubileeCast . Yap . Timothy . 3 February 2022 . JubileeCast . 28 February 2022 . 5 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220205063606/https://jubileecast.com/articles/27333/20220203/here-are-the-lyrics-video-of-brooke-ligertwoods-nineveh.htm . live .
- Web site: Brooke Ligertwood Shares 'Nineveh' from Forthcoming Live Solo Album 'SEVEN' . Chavez . Adriana . 4 February 2022 . Vacancy Magazine . 28 February 2022 . 5 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220205050033/https://vacancy-mag.com/brooke-ligertwood-shares-nineveh-from-forthcoming-live-solo-album-seven/ . live .
- Web site: Brooke Ligertwood Releases New Live Single "Nineveh" Freeccm.com . Young . Abby . 8 February 2022 . Freeccm.com . 28 February 2022 . 11 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220211011404/https://freeccm.com/2022/02/08/brooke-ligertwood-releases-new-live-single-nineveh/ . live .
- Web site: Nineveh by Brooke Ligertwood . MultiTracks . 28 February 2022 . 28 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228200158/https://www.multitracks.com/songs/Brooke-Ligertwood/SEVEN/Nineveh/ . live .
- Web site: Brooke Ligertwood - Nineveh (Live) - YouTube . 4 February 2022 . . 28 February 2022 . 6 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220206141020/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I-mmZsAY-Y . live .
- Web site: Brooke Ligertwood - Nashville, TN, The Belonging Co, Nashville, 11 November 2021 . StayHappening . 28 February 2022 . 28 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228200206/https://stayhappening.com/e/brooke-ligertwood-nashville-tn-E2ISU0UK8N9 . live .
- Web site: Brooke Ligertwood - Nineveh (Lyric Video) - YouTube . 13 February 2022 . . 28 February 2022 . 13 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220213040329/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7O9jDf5wqM . live .
- Web site: Nineveh [Live] - Brooke Ligertwood Credits AllMusic ]. . 19 March 2022.
- Web site: Hot NZ Singles Chart The Official New Zealand Music Chart . 19 February 2022 . The Official New Zealand Music Chart . . 28 February 2022 . 12 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220212033354/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/hotnzsingles?chart=5283 . live .
- Web site: Nineveh (Live) - Single by Brooke Ligertwood Spotify . 4 February 2022 . Spotify . 28 February 2022 . 5 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220205174733/https://open.spotify.com/album/4GvcrX2hLl0EulUQoifL9a . live .
