Heavenly Hosts

"Heavenly Hosts"
Single by For King & Country
from the album A Drummer Boy Christmas
Released3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)
Genre
Length3:47
LabelWord Entertainment
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Benjamin Backus
  • For King & Country
  • Tedd Tjornhom
For King & Country singles chronology
"Kingdom Come"
(2021) 		"Heavenly Hosts"
(2021) 		"Love Me Like I Am"
(2022)
Music videos
"Heavenly Hosts" on YouTube
"Heavenly Hosts" (Acoustic) on YouTube
"Heavenly Hosts" (Lyrics) on YouTube

"Heavenly Hosts" is a song performed by an Australian Christian pop duo For King & Country. The song impacted Christian radio in the United States on 3 November 2021,[1] becoming the third single from A Drummer Boy Christmas (2020). The song was written by Benjamin Backus, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Matt Hales, Tedd Tjornhom, and Tony Wood.[2]

"Heavenly Hosts" peaked at No. 16 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart.[3]

Background

On 16 October 2020, For King & Country released "Heavenly Hosts" as the second and final promotional single from A Drummer Boy Christmas (2020),[4] accompanied with a lyric video.[5] For King & Country shared the story behind the song,[6] saying:

Writing an original Christmas song is a bit of a daunting task, but we were always very intrigued by what it looked like when the angels met the shepherds. What did it look like, and what was being said? One of the beautiful storylines of the song is that the simple shepherds were the first ones to see the beautiful spectacle in the sky, and we thought it would be an appropriate story to tell through song for A Drummer Boy Christmas.

Composition

"Heavenly Hosts" composed in the key of A with a tempo of 109 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 4
4.[7]

Commercial performance

"Heavenly Hosts" debuted at number 48 on the US Hot Christian Songs dated 12 December 2020.[8] The song peaked at number 16 spent a total of six non-consecutive weeks on the chart.[9]

Music videos

The official lyric video of the song was released on 16 October 2020, also on For King & Country's YouTube channel.[10][11] The music video of "Heavenly Hosts" was released by For King & Country via YouTube on 27 November 2020.[12][13] On 17 December 2020, For King & Country released the acoustic performance video of the song through YouTube.[14]

Charts

Chart performance for "Heavenly Hosts"
Chart (2020-2022) Peak
position
US Christian Songs (Billboard)[3] 16
US Christian Airplay (Billboard)[15] 2
US Christian AC (Billboard)[16] 2

Release history

Release history and formats for "Heavenly Hosts"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various 16 October 2020
(promotional release) 		Word Entertainment [17]
United States 3 November 2021 Christian radio [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Curb-Word Promo Team on Instagram: "On the 6th day of Christmas🎄, Curb|Word Entertainment gave to me... 🌟 for KING & COUNTRY "Heavenly Hosts" 🌟 Sara Reeves "Go Tell It On The…"". Instagram. 3 November 2021. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Heavenly Hosts | Chords, Lyrics and Sheet Music | SongSelect®". SongSelect. CCLI. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "For King Country Chart History (Hot Christian Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ Longs, Herb (16 October 2020). "For KING & COUNTRY Premiere Original Christmas Song "Heavenly Hosts" - TCB". The Christian Beat. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  5. ^ Cluver, Ross (19 October 2020). "for KING & COUNTRY Release 'Heavenly Hosts' | CCM Magazine". CCM Magazine. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  6. ^ "for KING & COUNTRY Release New Single "Heavenly Hosts" : News : JubileeCast". JubileeCast. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Heavenly Hosts by for KING & COUNTRY". MultiTracks. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Hot Christian Songs – Billboard". Billboard. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  9. ^ "For King & Country". Billboard. Hot Christian Songs Chart History. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  10. ^ "for KING & COUNTRY- Heavenly Hosts | Official Picture-Story Lyric Video | SCENE 05 - YouTube". YouTube. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  11. ^ "JFH News: for KING and COUNTRY Releases "Heavenly Hosts," First of 2 Original Christmas Tunes from "A Drummer Boy Christmas"". Jesus Freak Hideout. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  12. ^ "for KING & COUNTRY - Heavenly Hosts (Official Music Video) - YouTube". YouTube. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  13. ^ Clarks, Jessie (27 November 2020). "For KING & COUNTRY "Heavenly Hosts" Music Video - TCB". The Christian Beat. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  14. ^ "for KING & COUNTRY- Heavenly Hosts | Acoustic Performance Video - YouTube". YouTube. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  15. ^ "For King Country Chart History (Christian Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  16. ^ "For King & Country Chart History - Billboard". Billboard. Christian AC Airplay Chart. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Heavenly Hosts by for KING & COUNTRY on Amazon Music - Amazon.com". Amazon.com. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2022.