- In God's Hands (song)
Infobox Single
Name = In God's Hands
Artist =Nelly Furtado |
from Album = Loose
Released = flagicon|EuropeJune 30 2007
flagicon|UKJuly 31 ,2007
flagicon|AustraliaOctober 12 ,2007
flagicon|GermanyNovember 23 ,2007
flagicon|ItalyDecember 7 2007
flagicon|NetherlandsDecember 14 2007
flagicon|USflagicon|CanadaApril 15 ,2008
Format =Digital download
Recorded = The Chill Building,Santa Monica, CA ; Track Record and Capitol Studios,Hollywood, CA
Genre = Pop, acoustic,soft rock
Length = 4:54 (album version with interlude)
4:12 (album version)
3:58 (UK radio mix)
Label = Geffen,Universal Music
Writer = Nelly Furtado,Rick Nowels
Producer = Nelly Furtado, Rick Nowels
Last single = "Give It to Me"
(2007)
This single = "In God's Hands"
(2007)
Next single = "Do It "
(2007)
Misc = Extra track listing
Album = Loose
Type = single
prev_track = "Do It"
prev_no = 9
this_track = "In God's Hands"
track_no = 10
next_track = "Wait For You"
next_no = 11Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Type = Digital Download
Lower caption = "In God's Hands" featuring Keith UrbanExtra album cover
Lower caption = Alternate coverAudiosample
Upper caption = Music sample
Name = In God's Hands
Audio file= In God's Hands sample.ogg"In God's Hands" is a song written and produced by
Nelly Furtado andRick Nowels for Furtado's third album, "Loose" (2006). It is about Furtado's breakup with DJ Jasper Gahunia, the father of her daughter.Intini, John. "Nelly Furtado: 'I'm not Mother Teresa'". "Maclean's ".August 25 2006 .] According to Furtado in May 2006, the song was "as far as I was willing to go in terms of pop right now". [Graff, Gary. [http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002464550 "Furtado Ready To Dance On New Album"] . "Billboard".May 8 2006 . RetrievedJune 30 2007 .] OnApril 15 ,2008 a remix featuringKeith Urban was released as a digital download worldwide. [ [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=279311848&s=143460 Remix (feat. Keith Urban)] . Retrieved: May 23, 2008]Commercial release and chart performance
The radio mix of the song is shorter than the album version and video edit, and it contains added strings and beats.Fact|date=January 2008 There is a Spanish version of the song titled "En las Manos de Dios" on the limited summer edition of "Loose".Fact|date=January 2008
The
CD single for "In God's Hands" was released inAustralia onOctober 12 2007 .Fact|date=January 2008 For a limited time, it was available only in the Australian storeJB Hi-Fi , before being released on its online store.Fact|date=January 2008 In Canada, the single was released to radio and video stations in December 2007.Fact|date=January 2008 It was the sixth single released from the album inCanada . Including the Latin America-only singles "Te Busqué " and "No Hay Igual ", "In God's Hands" was the album's eighth single.In the
Netherlands , the single was to be released onDecember 14 2007 Fact|date=January 2008 as the seventh single from "Loose". "In God's Hands" was Furtado's seventh consecutive single to be chosen as the Alarmschijf ( "Alarm record"" ) by the country's most popular radio station.Fact|date=January 2008The single reached the top twenty on the
Dutch Top 40 and the Italian Singles Chart. It reached the top ten inPoland , where it stayed in the chart for 30 weeks [ [http://apcchart.esmartdesign.com/POLISH%20TOP%2050%20ARCHIVES/0085.htm Polish National top 50 Archives] ] andSlovakia .There is also a newly recorded duet version with Country Superstar
Keith Urban it was most added at U.S. Adult Contemporary radio with 10 adds the airplay chart week datedApril 4 ,2008 [ [http://www.radioandrecords.com/formats/charts/ac_chart.asp ®R&R - Radio & Records, Inc ] ] . This version was released on April 15th for download on iTunes in Canada and the United States, reaching the #7 position on Canadian iTunes in just its first day and on its second day it reached number 3. This version of the song first charted on theCanadian Hot 100 at #11, the "Hot Shot" of the week. This song has become Keith Urbans' highest charting song on theCanadian Hot 100 .Music video
A
music video for the song was shot onMay 9 ,2007 between 5 and 7 a.m. inLos Angeles, California ;Fact|date=June 2007 it was directed byJesse Dylan .cite web | title=Booked - "In God's Hands"| work=Video Static| url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2007/week19/index.html#entry-33873498| accessdate=2007-05-13] It features Furtado on a beach during both daytime and nighttime, singing the song while sitting on a tree stump, lying on the sand and holding a white sheet, which she lies under. Furtado is also shown walking on the shore, weeping and looking onto the ocean.The video premiered in the UK on
June 15 .Fact|date=June 2007 In Australia, it was shown on the ABC program "rage" onAugust 10 , [ [http://www.abc.net.au/rage/archive/s2001593.htm "Playlists"] . "rage".August 10 2007 .] and was available on theiTunes Store onDecember 13 2007 .Fact|date=January 2008 In Canada, the video premiered onMuchMusic in November 2007.Fact|date=January 2008 It was made available for viewing onMTV.com andVH1.com ,Fact|date=January 2008 and it was released in the United States onDecember 19 onMTV 's "Total Request Live ". [ [http://www.atrl.net/trlarchive/?s=recap&y=2007&m=12 "The TRL Archive - Recap - July 2007"] . ATRL.net.] OnVH1 's "VSpot Top 20 Countdown ", "In God's Hands" debuted at number one.Fact|date=January 2008 OnFebruary 19 2008 the video became available on the AmericaniTunes Store .A video for the Spanish language version, "En las Manos de Dios", was released in September 2007 in Latin America.Fact|date=January 2008
Formats and track listings
;German promo CD single [ [http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=423241 Nelly Furtado In God's Hands Germany 5" CD SINGLE (423241) ] ]
# "In God's Hands"
# "In God's Hands" (live)Digital Download Single [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=277931493&s=143441]
# "In God's Hands" (Country Version featuringKeith Urban );Canadian/German CD single [ [http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=422602] [http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=423242] ]
# "In God's Hands" (album version)
# "In God's Hands" (live)
# "I'm like a Bird " (live)
# "In God's Hands" (video)Remixes
* "In God's Hands" (UK Radio Mix) (3:58)
Other versions
* "In God's Hands" (Album Version) (4:14)
* "In God's Hands" (Album Version With Interlude) (4:54)
* "In God's Hands" (Radio Version) (4:09)
* "In God's Hands" (featuring Keith Urban) (4:36)Credits
*Live
drum s by Joey Waronker
*Drum programming byWayne Rodrigues and Sam Littlemore
*Bass by Dean Jarvis
*Electric guitar andgrand piano by Rick Nowels
*Acoustic guitar s by Rick Nowels and Rusty Anderson
*Keyboards byJamie Muhoberac , Greg Kurtsin and Rick Nowels
*Background vocals by Nelly Furtado
*Strings arranged and conducted by David Campbell
*Strings contractor:Suzie Katayama
*Violins by Joel Derouin, Roberto Cani, Mario DeLeon, Amen Garabedian, Gerardo Hilera, Sharon Jackson, Peter Kent, Josefina Vergara
*Celli by Larry Corbett, Paula Hochhalter, Suzie Katayama, Stever Richards
*Production coordinator: Tara Saremi
*Recorded by Kieron Menzies, Jon Ingoldsby and Chris Garcia
*Assistant engineers: Dean Reid and Steve Genewick
*Mixed by Brad Haehnel
*Recorded atThe Chill Building ,Santa Monica, California ;Track Record ,Hollywood, California ; andCapitol Studios , Hollywood, California
*Mixed atHenson Studios ,Los Angeles, California Charts
1-En Las Manos De Dios(Spanish Version)
2-In God's Hands(Country Version Feat.Keith Urban)
References
*Unknown (2006). In "Loose" [CD liner notes] . United States:
Geffen Records .
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