"Man of Your Word" is a song performed by American
contemporary worship
Contemporary worship is a form of Christian worship that emerged within Western evangelical Protestantism in the 20th century. It was originally confined to the charismatic movement, but is now found in a wide range of churches, including ...
collective
Maverick City Music
Maverick City Music is an American contemporary Christian worship music collective founded by Norman Gyamfi and Jonathan Jay originating from Atlanta.
The collective made its debut in 2019 with the release of two extended plays, ''Maverick Cit ...
featuring
Chandler Moore
Chandler David Moore (born March 21, 1995) is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist, and worship leader. Moore is also a member of Maverick City Music, a collective of worshippers working in the contemporary Christian music and Gosp ...
and KJ Scriven. The song was released on
Christian radio
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on August 21, 2020 as the lead single to their debut studio album, ''
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1'' (2020).
The song was written by Chandler Moore, Jonathan Jay, Nathan Jess, Jonathan Hay
and Tony Brown. Tony Brown collaborated with Jonathan Jay in the production of the single.
"Man of Your Word" reached No. 18 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.
"Man of Your Word" was nominated for the
at the
2022 Grammy Awards
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.
Release
Maverick City Music released the radio version of the song in digital format on November 6, 2020.
Composition
"Man of Your Word" is composed in the key of
B with a tempo of 70 beats per minute and a musical time signature of .
Commercial performance
"Man of Your Word" debuted at number 50 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 dated May 9, 2020. The song fell off the chart and returned after eight weeks, at number 48. The song went on to peak at number 18 on the chart.
Accolades
Music video
The official music video for the "Man of Your Word" was premiered on
YouTube
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via Tribl, April 17, 2020.
This video was captured with the Maverick City Music Choir in Atlanta at 1971 Sounds as a part of a song share and recording night for ''Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1''.
Performances
On June 23, 2022, Maverick City Music performed "Man of Your Word" on their
Tiny Desk Concert
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The first ''Tiny Desk Concert'' came about in 2008 after Boilen and NPR Music ed ...
performance as part of
NPR Music
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's commemoration of
Black Music Month
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.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
Other versions
* Nathan Jess released his own rendition of the song as a single with
Leah McFall
Leah McFall (born 1 July 1989) is a British singer-songwriter from Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. She finished as the runner-up on the The Voice UK (series 2), second series of the BBC One talent series ''The Voice UK, The Voice''.
Early lif ...
appearing as a featured vocalist.
References
External links
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2020 songs
2020 singles
Maverick City Music songs
Chandler Moore songs
Songs written by Chandler Moore