Better Than a Hallelujah

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"Better Than a Hallelujah"
Single by Amy Grant
from the album Somewhere Down the Road
Released	2010
Genre	CCM, Adult Contemporary, Pop
Length	3:44
Label	EMI/Sparrow
Songwriter(s)	Sarah Hart Chapin Hartford
Producer(s)	Dan Muckala
Amy Grant singles chronology
"She Colors My Day" (2009) "Better Than a Hallelujah" (2010) "Don't Try So Hard" (2013)
Music video
"Better Than a Hallelujah" on YouTube

"Better Than a Hallelujah" is a digital MP3 single released in 2010 (see 2010 in music) to promote Amy Grant's album Somewhere Down the Road, which was also released in 2010. The single for "Better Than a Hallelujah" was released to radio for airplay and additionally released commercially as a digital MP3, as the same version to appear on the album. The radio single reached number 8 on the Christian charts.

Although not included on the single release, an "Ambient Mix" of the song was released digitally as a bonus track for the album Somewhere Down the Road on iTunes and other services.

In early 2011, "Better Than a Hallelujah" received a Grammy nomination for Best Gospel Song for songwriters Sarah Hart and Chapin Hartford. However, it lost to "It's What I Do," written by Jerry Peters and Kirk Whalum and recorded by Whalum and Lalah Hathaway. The song also received a nomination for a Dove Award for Short Form Music Video of the Year at the 42nd GMA Dove Awards.^[1]