"Best News Ever" is the third single by

contemporary Christian music Contemporary Christian music (CCM), also known as Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music, is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christianity, Chri ...

band

MercyMe MercyMe is an American contemporary Christian music band founded in Edmond, Oklahoma. The band consists of lead vocalist Bart Millard, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran, and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul. The b ...

for their ninth studio album, '' Lifer'' (2017). It impacted

Christian radio Christian radio refers to Christian media radio formats that focus on Christian religious broadcasting or various forms of Christian music. Many such formats and programs include contemporary Christian music, gospel music, sermons, radio dramas, ...

on October 5, 2018. The song peaked at No. 4 on the US

Hot Christian Songs Hot Christian Songs is a music chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. It ranks the popularity of Christian songs using the same methodology developed for the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the magazine's flagship songs c ...

chart, becoming their twenty-sixth top ten single, tying

Casting Crowns Casting Crowns is a contemporary Christian and Christian rock band which began in Daytona Beach, Florida. The band was formed in 1999 by lead vocalist Mark Hall. They moved to Stockbridge, Georgia, and more members joined. Some members of the ...

as the band with the most top ten singles. The song is played in a

B major B major is a major scale based on B. The pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A are all part of the B major scale. Its key signature has five sharps. Its relative minor is G-sharp minor, its parallel minor is B minor, and its enharmonic equi ...

key, and 94

beats per minute Beat, beats, or beating may refer to: Common uses * Assault, inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact * Battery (crime), a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact * Battery (tort), a civil wrong in common law of in ...

Background

"Best News Ever" was released as the third single from ''Lifer'' on October 5, 2018. Lead vocalist of the band,

Bart Millard Bart Marshall Millard (born December 1, 1972) is an American singer and songwriter who is best known as the leader of the band MercyMe. He has also released two solo albums: '' Hymned, No. 1'', in 2005 and '' Hymned Again'' in 2008. He received a ...

, shared the story behind the song in an interview with ''FreeCCM'', "I will honestly say it’s one of my favorite messages on the record. It’s the way I grew up which was ‘be all you can be, you get what you deserve and work harder and try harder.’ And It's like wait a minute, what if somebody (which somebody did), but what if they came and told me ‘hey the works already done the fight's already been won, you don’t have to try so hard.’ That's what makes the Gospel not just the good news but the best news ever." On October 30, 2018, a lyric video for the track was released.

Composition

"Best News Ever" is originally in the key of

, with a tempo of 94

. Written in

common time A time signature (also known as meter signature, metre signature, and measure signature) is an indication in music notation that specifies how many note values of a particular type fit into each measure ( bar). The time signature indicates the ...

, Millard's vocal range spans from G₄ to A₅ during the song.

Commercial performance

It debuted at No. 48 on the ''Billboard'' Christian Airplay chart on the issue week of October 13, 2018. It rose to No. 30 the following week. On its tenth week, it reached the top ten, their twenty-fifth top ten. It became their sixteenth Christian Airplay number one, and third from ''Lifer''. It debuted at No. 49 on the

chart. It rose up to No. 36 the following week. On its sixteenth week, it reached the top ten, becoming the band's twenty-sixth top ten, tying for the second most top tens in the chart's history. It peaked at No. 4. It departed from the chart after 30 weeks.

Charts

References

{{authority control 2017 songs 2018 singles MercyMe songs Songs written by David Garcia (musician) Songs written by Bart Millard Songs written by Ben Glover