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"Jesus Walks"
Kanye West - Jesus Walks - CD single cover.jpg
Unmarried by Kanye West
from the album The College Dropout
B-side "Heavy Hitters"
Released May 25, 2004
Recorded 2000–2003
Studio Sony Music Studios, Light @ The End of the Tunnel, New York City
Genre
  • Hip hop
  • gospel
Length 3:13
Label
  • Roc-A-Fella
  • Def Jam
Songwriter(s)
  • Kanye West
  • Che Smith
  • Miri Ben-Ari
  • Curtis Lundy
Producer(due south) Kanye West
Kanye West singles chronology
"The New Conditioning Plan"
(2004) 		"Jesus Walks"
(2004) 		"This Style"
(2004)
Music video
"Jesus Walks (Version 2)" on YouTube

"Jesus Walks" is a song by American rapper Kanye West. It was released on May 25, 2004, as the fourth unmarried from his debut album The College Dropout (2004). The vocal contains a sample of "Walk with Me" as performed by the ARC Choir. "Jesus Walks" was acclaimed by music critics, who praised its compelling sonic temper and boldness in its open embrace of faith. It was met by widespread commercial success, peaking at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming W's 4th consecutive top-twenty striking in the United States.

The single was accompanied past three split music videos, each of which visually interpreted a portion of its multifaceted context in different ways. "Jesus Walks" continues to be a crowd favorite and stands as one of the nearly-performed songs past Due west, who has included it within all of his headlining tours. At the 47th Grammy Awards, "Jesus Walks" was awarded the Grammy Honour for All-time Rap Song, and received a nomination for Song of the Year. Diverse publications placed the song on several twelvemonth and decade-end lists, and have since listed it among the greatest of all fourth dimension. The song was named the sixth-all-time song of 2004 on Hamlet Phonation's Pazz & Jop critics poll.[1] Pitchfork listed information technology at No. 123 on its list of the 200 All-time Songs of the 2000s,[2] while NME placed information technology at No. 69 on its list of the "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years" in October 2014.[three] Rolling Rock named the song No. 19 on their list of the 100 Best Songs of the 2000s, and after placed it at No. 273 on its 2010 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Fourth dimension.

Background [edit]

The song is substantially a spiritual crowing, wherein West discusses how Jesus "walks" with all way of people, from the sinner to the saint. Towards this end, the first conceptual verse of the song is told through the eyes of a drug dealer contemplating his human relationship with God. It reportedly took over six months for Due west to draw inspiration for the 2nd verse.[4] [five] West too uses the song to express his disquisitional views on how the media seem to shy away from songs that address matters of faith, while embracing songs discussing violence, sex, and illegal drugs. He rhymes, "So here go my single, dog, radio needs this/They say y'all can rap about anything except for Jesus/That ways guns, sex activity, lies, video tapes/Just if I talk almost God my record won't get played, huh?" This is directly taken from W's experiences when he was struggling to get signed onto a record label; many executives turned him downward after he played a demo of the song for them.[6] They reasoned that he did not adjust to the stereotypes associated with mainstream hip-hop and therefore was not easily marketable. Many of his friends in the music industry as well warned him that while the song was outstanding, it would never make it to radio.[vii]

Composition [edit]

"Jesus Walks" is a mid-tempo hip-hop song. Information technology is set in common time with a moderate tempo of 87 beats per minute and composed in the key of E-apartment minor. The song expresses a pulsating rhythm reminiscent to that of a marching band. The rhythm is accompanied past background song samples from the ARC Choir's system of the traditional gospel song "Walk With Me" that emit a dirge in cadence to the crush.[8] Considering of these elements, the composition has been widely described every bit evoking a militaristic atmosphere.[9] The song begins with a medium tempo followed by its backing vocals and choral arrangement. After West's brief opening dialog, a drumroll sounds and the track's titular hook is belted by the ARC (Addicts Rehabilitation Eye) choir and coupled with the chorus. Meanwhile, the song'due south tune is laced with machine-tune-processed gospel wails.[x] Over time the song amasses itself, exhibiting multi-tracked violin flourishes and momentary vocal solos, gradually growing in intensity before peaking and immediately dissipating.[xi] The song repeats this process several times until it fades away completely at its conclusion.[12]

The militant soundscape of "Jesus Walks" is complemented past its lyrical nuances. In the intro, the vox of a drill sergeant initiates the song with an "Order Artillery" and is answered by a squad of soldiers who shout "one-2-3-4!" This exchange is followed by Westward's opening lines, where he declares, "we are at state of war with ourselves."[9] West retains a considerable amount of dynamics in his rap delivery, as his flow features constant shifts in cadence, pitch, and book over the simplistic rhythm. During the chorus, his vocalism builds in intensity in conjunction with the similarly swelling track, and peaks and fades away just earlier it follows suit. He also employs various rhyme schemes and phrasal techniques, at i point fifty-fifty using a call-and-response design.[12]

Critical reception [edit]

The unmarried received universal acclamation from critics for its open embracement of faith in the confront of the often-secular music industry, with many expressing their astonishment that such an overtly religious song was embraced by radio. In a review of The College Dropout, Village Vocalization characterized the vocal as a "drastic masterpiece."[13] Stylus Magazine music reviewer Josh Dearest cited "Jesus Walks" as the best vocal on the entire album, saying "Kanye makes his spiritual toil audio like triumph thanks to martial drums and a piffling gospel choir fervor, sounding a blaring call of salvation to all would-be doubters and haters. He swears that he'due south not trying to 'catechumen atheists into believers,' just listening to The College Dropout might simply convince y'all that Kanye W is the 2nd City'south Second Coming."[14] The Los Angeles Times similarly considered "Jesus Walks" to be the highlight of the anthology, stating, "Its pulsating drums serve equally the perfect backing for W's reflections on his own mistakes too as hip-hop's tendency to focus on negative field of study thing."[15] PopMatters, which hailed "Jesus Walks" equally the year'south best single, listed the song as one of the main tracks which exemplified the thoughtfulness and scholastic complexity inherent of The College Dropout as a whole, commenting that, "On 'Jesus Walks' Kanye proclaims his devotion to Jesus as seriously every bit the most devotional hymn vocalizer would, while illustrating the style he falls in and out of what he perceives every bit the good path to follow. 'I wanna talk to God simply I'm agape cause we ain't spoke in and then long,' he confesses, but so he goes alee and asks us all to join him in that conversation, to push the song onto radio and push button the divine into the middle of public dialogue. Extra dimensions are added to the vocal past the intense, cinematic presence it has, with all of the drama of a gangster movie's climactic scenes, and past a Curtis Mayfield drop that makes the song ripe for a study of intertextuality."[xvi] [17]

Alongside its subject field matter, the production quality of the track received equal acclaim, with Garry Mulholland of The Observer chronicling it as "[a] towering inferno of martial beats, fathoms-deep chain gang backing chants, a defiant children's choir, gospel wails, and sizzling orchestral breaks."[10] Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times, who classified "Jesus Walks" every bit a gospel song, concurred with this sentiment, describing the song's choral organisation as "clever".[18] Blender likened the beat of the song to a "phantom marching army", and Entertainment Weekly testified that the "lush, intricate" product of the track gave off an "uplifting" presence.[nineteen] [xx] Time magazine critic Josh Tyrangiel declared "Jesus Walks" as "1 of those miraculous songs that y'all hear for the first time and immediately look forward to hearing on a semiregular basis for the side by side 30 or 40 years."[21] Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker asserted that the song, "sounds simultaneously like Five-Solar day and like a funeral" and concluded his review stating, "In a different year, 'Jesus Walks' might annals as an eccentric's conflation of faith, commerce, and war. In 2004, it's a popular country of consciousness."[9]

Accolades [edit]

"Jesus Walks" was praised every bit one of the best songs of the twelvemonth by numerous publications, including Blender, Rolling Stone, and Village Vocalisation.[22] [23] The song received a nomination for Outstanding Song as well equally Outstanding Music Video at the 36th NAACP Paradigm Awards.[24] At the Grammy Awards of 2005, "Jesus Walks" was nominated for Vocal of the Year, one of 10 total nominations West received for that year lonely.[25] West, Rhymefest and Miri Ben-Ari won the Grammy Honour for Best Rap Song for co-writing the song's lyrics and violin arrangements respectively.[8] [26] The music video won the 2005 MTV Video Music Award for all-time male video while West also received a nomination for Best Gospel Artist for "Jesus Walks" at the 2005 BET Awards, although he was not an actual gospel musician.[27]

As a result of the significance and affect of "Jesus Walks", in Baronial, The College Dropout was nominated for several gospel Stellar Awards, including All-time Gospel Rap Album.[28] Withal, the awards committees determined that the secular album was ineligible and subsequently withdrew the ballot.[29] West surmised that the fact that they recognized the song in the first place demonstrated its impact, and said the song and its message was not meant for the evangelical audience, simply for "... the people that I call back God is really trying to attain."[seven] He also antiseptic his views on religion, saying, "Religion just means that you exercise something over and over. I volition say that I'm spiritual. I have accepted Jesus every bit my Savior. And I volition say that I fall short every day."[30] Kanye later claimed that when his father heard the song, he said, "Maybe you missed your calling." To which W replied, "No, mayhap this is my calling. I reach more people than any one pastor can."[31] In retrospect, West maintained that while he was surprised by the accolades the vocal received, he had long predicted the radio success of "Jesus Walks". For him, information technology was all just a matter of attaining airplay, saying, "Information technology was never a problem once it came out. All I did was employ reverse psychology. It was a mode of calling out people who didn't want to play information technology without pointing fingers at anybody."[half dozen]

The vocal was named the sixth best song of 2004 on Village Voice'southward Pazz & Jop critics poll. "Jesus Walks" was ranked number 273 Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Rolling Stone also named the song number 19 on their list of 100 Best Songs of the 2000s.[32] BET named information technology the second all-time song of the 2000s.[33] In October 2011, NME placed it at number 69 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past xv Years".[34] In 2012, Consequence named it the 89th Greatest song of all time.[35] In January 2013, BBC Radio 6 Music readers voted for it as the 88th greatest song released in 6 Music's lifetime.[36] In 2017, Rolling Stone placed it 32 in its list of Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of all time.[37]

Commercial performance [edit]

"Jesus Walks" appeared on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. 74 on the issue dated February 21.[38] Afterward sixth months, the rail peaked at No. 2 for the issue dated August 14 and maintained the position for ii weeks.[39] [xl] "Jesus Walks" first came in at No. 25 on Hot Rap Tracks for the consequence dated Apr 17.[41] On the outcome date of Baronial 7, the vocal peaked at No. 3.[42]

Despite all prior disapproval, "Jesus Walks" came to be ane of West's biggest hits. The unmarried was the highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of its start appearance, inbound the chart at No. 68 on April 29, 2004.[43] Over the next eight weeks, the song climbed up the chart until information technology somewhen reached No. 16 for the issue dated July 3, where information technology remained for four weeks.[44] On the result dated July 24, the vocal climbed up two places to reach the fourteenth position.[45] "Jesus Walks" reached its overall peak at No. 11 on the issue date of July 31, where it stayed for two weeks in a row.[46] "Jesus Walks" has since sold over ii million copies in the United States alone, earning a music recording sales certification of 2× Platinum certification by the Recording Manufacture Association of America.[47]

"Jesus Walks" attained a sure extent of international success besides. In Republic of ireland, the song peaked at No. eighteen on September 2, 2004, where it remained for 2 weeks.[48] The song'due south highest debut occurred in the United Kingdom, where information technology entered at its summit position of sixteen on September v, becoming West's third top-twenty hit.[49] On March 14, 2005, the vocal debuted in the Australian Singles Nautical chart at No. 37.[50]

Music videos [edit]

In full, 3 separate music videos were made for "Jesus Walks," with the second and third financed by Westward himself out-of-pocket.[xxx] All 3 were premiered on June 21, 2004, at TriBeCa Cinemas, where West explained, "That song evokes so much emotion, and 4 minutes of imagery limits the ideas that you're supposed to give for the songs, so I had to do 3."[51] West had originally wanted Hype Williams to direct the first version of "Jesus Walks" only decided not to because he had heard that Jay-Z was thinking nigh enlisting Williams for "99 Problems."[51] Instead, West went with Michael Haussman for the music video, which was filmed in California and budgeted at $650,000.[30] [52] In the video, Westward is portrayed every bit a preacher rapping earlier a congregation from a pulpit while angels guide a prostitute, an alcoholic, and a drug dealer to his Baptist church.[51]

"His hate is so all-consuming that he tries to bear the burning cross back up the mount. That'south the physical manifestation of his hate, and he wants it to get to the top of the mountain for the world to encounter. He's so blinded past his detest that he doesn't [consider that his robe will burn]. Just God forgives him and causes it to pelting, therefore extinguishing [the fire], and that's a sort of baptism; washing abroad his sins. I doubt anyone'southward anyone got all that, but it'due south squeamish to at least make an endeavour to build in some layers. I know a lot of information technology is going to be lost in the translation of just existence a music video, but the vocal is so deep and powerful it necessitates going the actress step with the visual metaphors."

—Chris Milk on the video's metaphoric imagery[52] [53]

West was not satisfied with the music video and convinced then-label head Dame Dash to committee another, this time for $500,000.[thirty] The second version was directed by Chris Milk and takes place in the deep Southward. The core concept behind the video, which Milk described as his most complex narrative, was to take diverse lamentable characters and merge them with biblical iconography in order convey the message that God is with them. The secondary objective was to brandish the duality of man.[54] The video stands equally the most metaphorical of the three, equally it features West rapping in a hallway which is filled alternately with hellish flames and angelic light, in conjunction with footage of drug traffickers existence pursued through a barren desert by police, prison campsite inmates contesting with guards, and a Ku Klux Klansman setting himself on fire while carrying a burning cantankerous up a mount.[52] The video was named as one of the best of the 2000s decade by Dugald Baird of The Guardian.[55]

The last version of "Jesus Walks" was filmed in West's hometown of Chicago and co-directed past himself with Coodie & Chike (Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah of Channel Nothing). Filmed guerrilla-style inside the course of one twenty-four hour period at a upkeep of $twoscore,000, the third version was the least expensive of the three. It depicts Jesus in the modern day, literally walking beside the protagonist as he travels from his home to church, performing miracles along the way.[30] The video premiered on MTV.com on June 23, 2004.[51]

The music video received several wins and nominations; It earned two nominations at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year and Best Male Video, winning the subsequently.[56] It won Video of the Year at the 2005 BET Awards.[57] The music video earned two nominations for Best Male Video and Best Hip-Hop Video at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards Nihon.[58] "Jesus Walks" was nominated for All-time International Video at the 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards.[59] The music video received 3 nominations at the 2005 Music Video Product Awards, for Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Hip-Hop Video.[60] At the 2005 Soul Train Music Awards "Jesus Walks" was nominated for Video of the Year.[61] The video earned a nomination for Outstanding Music Video at the 2005 NAACP Image Awards.[62]

Live performances [edit]

Kanye West performing "Jesus Walks" at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia on Apr 2, 2006.

Thanks to its fervid sound and widespread popularity, "Jesus Walks" has since go a oversupply favorite and Kanye West has performed it on numerous occasions around the globe. West included the song within the fix list of his School Spirit Bout that took identify in early 2004.[63] An early on live performance of the vocal occurred in his hometown of Chicago at a concert with Dilated Peoples held in the House of Dejection on May 5, 2004.[64] West provided a performance of "Jesus Walks" for the opening of the 2004 BET Awards, in which he stood behind a pulpit and was accompanied by a choir, drumline and gospel vocalizer Yolanda Adams.[65] While serving as the opening human activity for Usher'due south The Truth Bout, W performed "Jesus Walks" equally his finale.[66] W opened the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards with a theatrical operation of "Jesus Walks."[67] He led a 32-member choir around an arena filled with audience members property bogus candles and had stained drinking glass windows descend from the ceiling as he joined John Legend, Chaka Khan, and Syleena Johnson onstage.[68] During his appearance at Dave Chapelle's Block Political party in September, West performed "Jesus Walks" accompanied by a Cardinal Land University marching ring.[69] He provided a functioning of "Jesus Walks" during his cursory advent at Brixton Academy in London on November 24.[70]

W performed "Jesus Walks" at the 47th Grammy Awards ceremony just prior to his receipt of the laurels for Best Rap Album.[71] This performance, which featured West'southward mother Donda W, was joined in a sequence with Mavis Staples and John Legend'south rendition of "I'll Take You lot There" and a operation of "I'll Fly Away" by the Blind Boys of Alabama. At the conclusion, the performers encircled and covered Westward, who eventually emerged donning an all-white adjust with large angelic wings.[72] [73] That July, West played the song during his ready at a Live viii show held in Philadelphia's Museum of Art, where he was backed by an 11-piece female string orchestra decked out in black masks and garments.[74] As he played, Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff danced to the song backstage.[75] Accompanied by a seventeen-piece, all-female string orchestra, West performed "Jesus Walks" live for an sectional concert held at Abbey Road Studios in London, England on September 21.[76] The performance was recorded and later released on a live album entitled Tardily Orchestration.[77] Due west included "Jesus Walks" within the setlist of his Impact the Sky Bout that took identify in late 2005.[78] He performed the vocal at Santa Monica Loftier School for a concert promoting higher didactics sponsored by his charity foundation.[79]

Wearing a Detroit Pistons jacket, Due west performed the vocal for a pre-game concert held during VH1'southward Pepsi Smash Super Bowl Bash on February 2, 2006.[eighty] He played "Jesus Walks" most the finish of his concert at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on February 12.[81] The following week, West performed the song one time once again at the Manchester MEN Arena with DJ A-Trak, two backing vocalists, a nine-slice female string orchestra and a harpist. The operation concluded by displaying an paradigm of the Cristo de la Concordia on a gigantic monitor.[82] West played "Jesus Walks" during his appearance at the first day of Coachella 2006 in Indio, California, where he later on had A-Trak spin A-Ha'southward "Take On Me" while he danced onstage to the please of the audience.[83] On June 22, West performed the song while attending a benefit held in New York staged for the non-turn a profit Foundation for AIDS Research.[84]

Kanye provided a performance of the song during his set at Live Earth 2007, before joining The Police and John Mayer onstage to perform "Message in a Bottle" for the concert's finale.[85] West performed "Jesus Walks" live for the Concert for Diana held at Wembley Stadium on July 1, 2007, to a crowd of over 63,000 people.[86] An estimated 500 1000000 people watched the event in over 140 countries worldwide.[87] The very next day, Due west performed the song as the finale of his gig at the Manchester Apollo for the Manchester International Festival.[88] "Jesus Walks" was included within the setlist of West's conceptual Glow in the Nighttime Tour that showtime took off in late 2007. During the concert, an LCD screen seated behind him displayed a skyline filled with lightning bolts while fumes billowed from the stage on the claw.[89] That August, West played "Jesus Walks" at the Exdo Upshot Center in Denver for a private testify at held for Bono's humanitarian organization ONE.[90] West gave a performance of "Jesus Walks" earlier an audience of 3,000 students during his gratis Stay In Schoolhouse benefit concert at Chicago Theatre on July eleven, 2009.[91] He performed the song in Hyde Park, London while headlining the 2d and concluding day of the 2009 Wireless Festival.[92]

Legacy and touch on [edit]

"Jesus Walks" has been credited with helping to allay the antagonistic gap that once separated mainstream rap music and the religious church.[93] Since then, countless ministries began to embrace hip hop and incorporate the musical genre into their gospel services.[31] In her biographical book, Kanye'due south female parent Donda Westward recalled an instance where over three hundred adolescents gave their lives to Christ the night her son performed the song at a youth revival heart.[94] Darryl McDaniels of the groundbreaking hip hop group Run-DMC told Time magazine that he had grown indifferent towards contemporary rap music and ceased listening to it until he heard "Jesus Walks".[95] The song was used in the trailer, every bit well as the credits of the 2005 Gulf War film Jarhead.[96] [97] "Jesus Walks" was featured in the AMC series "'Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America", a vi office documentary series that focused on a groundbreaking song each episode.[98] [99]

Track listings [edit]

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Release history [edit]

Region Date Format
N America May 25, 2004 (2004-05-25) Vinyl, 12"
United kingdom October 26, 2004 (2004-10-26) Vinyl, 12", CD
Commonwealth of australia April 5, 2005 (2005-04-05) CD

Personnel [edit]

Information taken from The Higher Dropout liner notes.[8]

  • Songwriters: Kanye West, Che Smith
  • Record producer: Kanye Westward
  • Recorder: Tasuya Sato, Andrew Dawson, Eugene A. Toale
  • Recording Engineer: Marc Fuller
  • Mix engineer: Manny Marroquin
  • Additional vocals: John Fable
  • Violin: Miri Ben-Ari
  • Choir arranger: Curtis Lundy

Remix [edit]

"Jesus Walks (Remix)"
Song by Kanye Due west featuring Mase and Common
Released March 22, 2005
Recorded 2004
Genre Hip hop
Length four:58
Characterization
  • Roc-A-Fella
  • Def Jam
Songwriter(s)
  • Kanye West
  • Mason Betha
  • Lonnie Lynn
Producer(s) Due west

The official remix of "Jesus Walks" was released on a bonus CD within his The College Dropout Video Anthology compilation DVD in 2005, which featured both Mase and Common on it. At the time of the remix, Mase had recently come out of retirement from being a minister to deliver a new verse.[113] He spoke positively of W following the collaboration, saying, "I appreciate people like [him], people that dare to be unlike. Hip-hop is supposed to exist an avenue of expression, and people are supposed to be able to limited what they feel, what they believe."[114]

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External links [edit]

  • "Jesus Walks" Lyrics at MTV (archived from 2009)

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Walks

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