| Relate | |
| Cover: | Relate - For King & Country (Official Single Cover).jpg |
| Alt: | "Relate" single cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | For King & Country |
| Album: | What Are We Waiting For? |
| Length: | 2:53 |
| Label: | Word Entertainment |
| Producer: |
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| Chronology: | For King & Country |
| Prev Title: | Amen |
| Prev Year: | 2021 |
| Next Title: | For God Is with Us |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
"Relate" (stylised in uppercase) is a song performed by an Australian Christian pop duo For King & Country. The song was released as the lead single from their fifth studio album, What Are We Waiting For? (2022), on 6 August 2021.[1] The song was written by Josh Kerr, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone and Tayla Parx.
"Relate" peaked at No. 1 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, and No. 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The song was ranked by Billboard as the eleventh biggest Christian song in 2022.[2] "Relate" received two GMA Dove Award nominations for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year and Short Form Video of the Year (Concept) at the 2022 GMA Dove Awards,[3] ultimately winning the Short Form Video of the Year (Concept) award.[4]
On 2 August 2021, For King & Country announced that they would release "Relate" on 6 August 2021, along with the song's music video premiering on Apple Music.[5] The duo also announced that they were slated to perform the song live on the nationally syndicated morning talk show Fox & Friends.[6]
On 28 January 2022, For King & Country and R3hab released a remix of the song.[7]
"Relate" is composed in the key of B Flat Major with a tempo of 70 beats per minute and a musical time signature of .[8]
Jonathan Andre of 365 Days of Inspiring Media gave a positive review of "Relate", saying, "Standing at a bit under 3 minutes, both Joel and Luke deliver another compelling song about unity and seeing things from someone else's perspective."[9] Andre opined that the song is "a firm sequel" to "Bleed the Same" by Mandisa.
| Year | Organization | Award | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | GMA Dove Awards | Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year | ||
| Short Form Video of the Year (Concept) | ||||
| Accolade | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 50 Songs of 2021 | 4 | ||
"Relate" debuted at No. 46 on the US Christian Airplay chart dated 14 August 2021.[10] "Relate" reached No. 1 on the Christian Airplay chart dated 11 December 2021.[11]
"Relate" debuted at No. 15 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated August 21, 2021,[12] concurrently charting at No. 4 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart.[13] The song reached No. 1 on the Hot Christian Songs chart dated February 12, 2022, following a surge in streams and digital downloads and thus becoming the duo's first No. 1 hit single on the chart.[14]
The music video of "Relate" premiered on Apple Music on 6 August 2021, and was later published on For King & Country's YouTube channel on 7 August 2021.[15] The live performance video of "Relate" was released via YouTube on 6 August 2021.[16] The official lyric video of the song was uploaded on YouTube on 10 August 2021.[17]
On 18 March 2022, a video of "Relate" being performed by For King & Country in the Mojave Desert, was aired on The Kelly Clarkson Show.[18]
| Peak position | |
| US Christian AC (Billboard)[19] | 1 |
|---|---|
| Position | ||
| US Christian Songs (Billboard)[20] | 65 | |
|---|---|---|
| US Christian Airplay (Billboard)[21] | 40 | |
| US Christian AC (Billboard)[22] | 41 |
| Position | |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[23] | 48 |
|---|---|
| US Christian Songs (Billboard)[24] | 11 |
| US Christian Airplay (Billboard)[25] | 18 |
| US Christian AC (Billboard)[26] | 26 |
| Date | Version | Format | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | 6 August 2021 | Album | Word Entertainment | ||
| United States | 3 September 2021 | Christian radio | [27] | ||
| Various | 28 January 2022 | R3hab remix |