Greater (song)

"Greater"
Single by MercyMe
from the album Welcome to the New
ReleasedJune 20, 2014 (2014-06-20)
Recorded2013–14
Genre
Length
  • 4:09 (album version)[1]
  • 4:15 (music video version)
  • 3:43 (radio edit)
LabelFair Trade/Columbia
Songwriter(s)
[2]
Producer(s)
  • Garcia
  • Glover
MercyMe singles chronology
"Shake"
(2013) 		"Greater"
(2014) 		"Flawless"
(2015)
Music video
"Greater" on YouTube

"Greater" is the second single by contemporary Christian music band MercyMe for their eighth studio album, Welcome to the New (2014).[3] It was released as a single on June 20, 2014. The song peaked at No. 2 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, blocked from the top by "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" by Hillsong United. It was their record-extending twelfth Christian Airplay chart topper. It lasted 49 weeks on the overall chart.[4] It also peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100.[5] The song is played in a D major key, and 116 beats per minute.[6]

The song also appears in the compilation album, WOW Hits 2016.[7]

  1. ^ "Greater - MercyMe on Spotify". Spotify. Spotify. April 8, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "Greater - MercyMe Sheet Music". PraiseCharts. PraiseCharts. April 8, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "Lifer by MercyMe". March 31, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Hot Christian Songs September 6, 2014". Billboard. September 6, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "Greater by MercyMe on Bubbling Under". Billboard. March 25, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  6. ^ "Key & BPM for Greater by MercyMe". TuneBat. March 25, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  7. ^ "iTunes (U.S.) - Music - Various Artists - WOW Hits 2016". iTunes (U.S.). September 25, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2019.