"Declaration (This is It)" is a
gospel
Gospel originally meant the Christianity, Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the second century Anno domino, AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message w ...
song by
Kirk Franklin
Kirk Dewayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970) is an American Gospel music, gospel musician. One of the List of best-selling gospel music artists, best-selling gospel music artists, his accolades include 20 Grammy Awards. ''Variety (magazine), Var ...
from his 2007 album ''
The Fight of My Life''. The song contains samples of and interpolations of "This Is It" by
Michael McDonald and
Kenny Loggins
Kenneth Clark "Kenny" Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His early songs were recorded with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, which led to seven albums recorded with Jim Messina (musician), Jim Mess ...
who are credited with Franklin as composers of the song.
Charts
"Declaration (This Is It)" became a crossover hit, moving to #13 on the U.S. ''
Billboard
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'' Hot Adult R&B Airplay Chart and #35 on the U.S. ''Billboard''
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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Chart.
Personnel
Vocals
#Anaysha Figueroa
#Charmaine Swimpson
#Ashley Guilbert
#Nikki Ross
#Melodie Davis
#Issac Carree
#Joy Hill
#Myron Bulter
#Caltomeesh west
#Deonis Cook
#Anthony Evans
Instruments
#Robert "Sput Searight - Drums
#Ayron Lewis - Hammond B-3
#Rodney Lawson - Lead guitar
#DaBoyz'nBarry - Strings & Horns
Other personnel
#Programming - Shaun Martin, Kirk Franklin
#Ernest "Ernie G" Green - DJ
#Larry Gold - String arrangement
#Chris Godbey - String recording
#
Tre Nagella - String recording
#Eric Hartman - Engineer, Asst. Engineer
#Ryan Moys - String recording
#Jason Goldstein - Mixing
''*Note: Personnel listing from The Fight of My Life album liner.
Awards
The song was nominated for a
Dove Award
A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards ceremonies presented annually and have been held in Nashville, Tennessee exce ...
for Urban Recorded Song of the Year at the
40th GMA Dove Awards.
Nominations Announced for 40th GMA Dove Awards
at CBN.com
References
External links
Music video at Yahoo! MusicSong lyrics at Yahoo! Music
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2007 singles
2007 songs
Gospel songs
Kirk Franklin songs
Songs written by Kirk Franklin
Songs written by Kenny Loggins
Songs written by Michael McDonald (musician)