"Amen" is a song written by Skip Black, Hannah Blaylock,

Catt Gravitt Cathy Lee "Catt" Gravitt is an American songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. In the music business for over 20 years, she signed on as a writer with her current publishing company, Razor and Tie, in 2008. Gravitt has songwriting credits in mu ...

and Gerald O'Brien, and recorded by American

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group

Edens Edge Edens Edge was an American country music band founded by Hannah Blaylock (lead vocals), Dean Berner (vocals, guitar, Dobro), and Cherrill Green (vocals, mandolin, banjo, guitar). The band was signed to Big Machine Records which released their sel ...

. It was released in March 2011 as their debut single and the first from their self-titled album for

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Critical reception

Matt Bjorke of ''Roughstock'' gave the song three and a half stars out of five, calling it an "immediately likable song with a simple yet memorable chorus and a classic-sounding country melody and vocal." Kevin John Coyne of ''Country Universe'' gave the song a B+, writing that the vocals "complement the music nicely, and don’t get in the way of telling the story."

Music video

The music video was directed by

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and premiered in May 2011.

Chart performance

"Amen" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. ''

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'' Hot Country Songs chart for the week of April 9, 2011. It also debuted at number 99 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for the week of December 24, 2011.

Year-end charts

References

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