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Single cover. Curb / Word Entertainment (digital single) (2019)
"God Only Knows" is a single by For King & Country and Dolly Parton. It was released on August 30, 2019, by Curb Records and Word Entertainment. It was written by ​Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, and Tedd Tjornhom. It was produced by Seth Mosley, Matt Hales, Josh Kerr, and Tedd Tjornhom. It peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Christian Airplay chart. The single won Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song at the 62 Annual Grammy Awards. It has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The single is a remix of For King & Country's solo number two hit from their 2018 album, Burn the Ships.

Track listing

Original digital download
  • God Only Knows (Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Tedd Tjornhom) 3:33

Team Timbo Remix digital download
  • God Only Knows (Team Timbo Remix) (Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Tedd Tjornhom) 3:33

Music video

The music video was directed by by Ben Smallbone and was released alongside the single on August 30, 2019.

Commercial performance

The single debuted and peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Christian Airplay chart dated September 7, 2019, its only week on the chart.

Accolades

The single won Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song at the 62 Annual Grammy Awards in 2020. The music video won Short Form Video of the Year at the GMA Dove Awards in 2020.

"God Only Knows" has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for 1,000,000 units. ​Dolly is not credited in the RIAA database for the certification, but she was awarded a Platinum plaque for the song by the RIAA in January 2022.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Apple Music.
  • Dave Clauss – mixing engineer
  • For King & Country – lead vocals
  • Matt Hales – producer
  • Josh Kerr – producer
  • Seth Mosley – producer
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Todd Tjornhom – producer

Alternate artwork

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Single cover. Curb / Word Entertainment (digital single) (2019)