Redeemed
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{{Infobox song
| name = Redeemed
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Big Daddy Weave
| album = Love Come to Life
| released = {{Start date|2012|05|03}}
| recorded = 2011–12
| studio = Bletchley Park, (Nashville, TN), Little Big Sound, (Nashville, TN), Red 91 Productions, (Mt. Juliet, TN)According to the inner liner notes of the album.{{cite web |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8708193&style=music |title=Love Come to Life CD |author=Big Daddy Weave |date=April 17, 2012 |publisher=CD Universe |access-date=June 9, 2018 }}
| venue =
| genre = Contemporary Christian music, folk,{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-come-to-life-mw0002330188 |title=Love Come to Life |author=Big Daddy Weave |date=April 17, 2012 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=June 9, 2018 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/artists/BigDaddyWeave.asp |title=Big Daddy Weave |author=Jesus Freak Hideout |publisher=Jesus Freak Hideout |access-date=June 9, 2018 }} contemporary worship music
| length = {{duration|m=4|s=36}}
| writer = * Benji Cowart
- Mike Weaver
| producer =
| prev_title = Love Come to Life
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = The Only Name (Yours Will Be)
| next_year = 2013
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|VzGAYNKDyIU|"Redeemed"}}}}
}}
"Redeemed" is a song by contemporary Christian band Big Daddy Weave from their 2012 album Love Come to Life.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/love-come-to-life/1163615142|title=Love Come To Life by Big Daddy Weave |date=April 17, 2012|access-date=June 9, 2018}} It was released on May 3, 2012, as the second single. The song became Weave's second Hot Christian Songs No. 1, staying there for seven weeks.Chart dates for "Redeemed":
- November 10: {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2012-11-10/christian-songs |title=Christian Songs (November 10, 2012) |work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=January 31, 2013}}
- November 17: {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2012-11-17/christian-songs |title=Christian Songs (November 17, 2012) |work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=January 31, 2013}}
- November 24: {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2012-11-24/christian-songs |title=Christian Songs (November 24, 2012) |work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=January 31, 2013}}
- December 1: {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2012-12-01/christian-songs |title=Christian Songs (December 1, 2012) |work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=January 31, 2013}}
- January 12: {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2013-01-12/christian-songs |title=Christian Songs (January 12, 2013) |work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=January 31, 2013}}
- January 19: {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2013-01-19/christian-songs |title=Christian Songs (January 19, 2013) |work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=January 31, 2013}}
- January 26: {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2013-01-26/christian-songs |title=Christian Songs (January 26, 2013) |work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=January 31, 2013}} It lasted 54 weeks on the overall chart, becoming their longest-charting single to date.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/big-daddy-weave/chart-history/ico/|title=Big Daddy Weave Redeemed Chart History|access-date=June 9, 2018}} They briefly crossed over to secular radio, peaking at #25 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100. The song is played in a B major key, and 127 beats per minute.{{cite web|url=https://tunebat.com/Info/Redeemed-Big-Daddy-Weave/7zuwaenG5AF0vG7o7kMduX|title=Key & BPM for Redeemed by Big Daddy Weave|date=April 17, 2012|publisher=TuneBat|access-date=June 9, 2018}}
Background
"Redeemed" was released on May 3, 2012, as the second single from their seventh studio album, Love Comes to Life. The song is a testimony to the power of redemption. Weaver revealed that the message of the song is an understanding of how God's love for him can redeem his own self-image. He told NewReleaseToday: "'I don't doubt that God loves me; my parents showed that to me. and I've never doubted how God feels about me. There's this problem of never letting that translate to how I feel about myself. I walked around carrying this self-deprecating, self-hating feeling. I sank into a depressed state. I remember being in my garage, my man cave. One day after a workout, I was hating myself. I prayed, 'God, I know You love me completely, but why can't I love me?' I felt the Holy Spirit invade that space in my garage, and He began to deal with my heart. God began to fill my heart and my mind with the stuff that He likes about me. It's unbelievable that the King of the Universe cares about me. He does that because of the blood of Jesus. He made me. He knows me more than anyone else. He told me He loved my smile and my heart for people. He put that inside of me. He broke down that self-hating feeling. I've been sharing my story for the past year, and it has brought people out of the woodwork. It dawned on me one night that I don't feel like I hate myself anymore. That healing is available to all of us. We just need to make ourselves vulnerable before the Lord."{{cite web|url=http://www.newreleasetoday.com/article.php?article_id=908|title=#342 - "Redeemed" by Big Daddy Weave|access-date=June 9, 2018}}
Music video
The music video for the single "Redeemed" was released on May 3, 2012.{{Cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzGAYNKDyIU|title=#342 - "Redeemed" by Big Daddy Weave|work=NewReleaseToday|access-date=June 9, 2018}} The video shows the band performing the song live.{{Cite news|url=https://faithinthenews.com/big-daddy-weave-performs-redeemed-powerful-music-video/|title=Big Daddy Weave Performs "Redeemed" in a Powerful Music Video
|work=FaithInTheNews|access-date=June 9, 2018}}
Charts
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| scope="row"| US Christian Songs (Billboard){{cite web|url = https://www.billboard.com/music/big-daddy-weave/chart-history/3AT|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191031234742/https://www.billboard.com/music/big-daddy-weave/chart-history/3AT|url-status = dead|archive-date = October 31, 2019|title = Hot Christian Songs – Decade-End 2010s|work = Billboard|access-date = October 31, 2019}}
| 18 |
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Certifications
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