City on Our Knees
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"City on Our Knees" is a song by contemporary Christian music
ian tobyMac
from his album, Tonight
, which was released in 2010. It was released as a radio single in August 2009 and reached number 1 on Billboard
's Hot Christian Songs
chart in October 2009. It also reached No. 8 on Billboard's Heatseekers Songs. The song was nominated for a grammy award as the Best Gospel Song. The song also charted at No. 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
chart.
The song sold over 17,000 digital units in its first week. As of February 20, 2010, the song has sold over 225,000 copies, making it the fastest charting and selling track of tobyMac
's career. It won a Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Song of the year.
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Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
ian tobyMac
TobyMac
Toby McKeehan , better known by his stage name TobyMac , is a Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author....
from his album, Tonight
Tonight (TobyMac album)
Tonight is the fourth solo album from the Christian pop–hip hop artist TobyMac. It is the follow-up album to his 2007 release Portable Sounds, and was released on February 9, 2010. The Deluxe Version of the album will contain a DVD containing interviews with Toby about the songs on the record, the...
, which was released in 2010. It was released as a radio single in August 2009 and reached number 1 on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
's Hot Christian Songs
Hot Christian Songs
Christian Songs is a Billboard chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States....
chart in October 2009. It also reached No. 8 on Billboard's Heatseekers Songs. The song was nominated for a grammy award as the Best Gospel Song. The song also charted at No. 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...
chart.
The song sold over 17,000 digital units in its first week. As of February 20, 2010, the song has sold over 225,000 copies, making it the fastest charting and selling track of tobyMac
TobyMac
Toby McKeehan , better known by his stage name TobyMac , is a Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author....
's career. It won a Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Song of the year.
Meaning
As seen on youtube.com under tobyMacmusic, Tobymac had the following to say about the meaning of the song; "'City on our Knees' is really about a moment. A moment that we all come together. Where our differences fall by the wayside. And it’s really a reminder that that moment could be right now, tonight."US CD/Digital Single
- "City on Our Knees"
- "Lose My SoulLose My Soul"Lose My Soul" is a single from tobyMac's 2007 album Portable Sounds, and features guest performers Kirk Franklin and Mandisa. "Lose My Soul" wasn't an instant hit. Over a year after the song was originally released, the song hit number 2 on the Christian Billboard charts...
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- An interview with tobyMac about his album Tonight
Awards
In 2010, the song was nominated for a Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year at the 41st GMA Dove Awards41st GMA Dove Awards
The 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 21, 2010 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2009. The show was held at the The Opry Entertainment Complex in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Bart Millard....
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