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"The Father's House"
Single by Cory Asbury
from the album To Love a Fool
Released	January 24, 2020 (2020-01-24)
Recorded	2019
Genre	Contemporary worship music
Length	4:13 (studio version) 4:22 (acoustic version)
Label	Bethel Music
Songwriter(s)	Cory Asbury Benjamin Hastings Ethan Hulse
Producer(s)	Ed Cash
Cory Asbury singles chronology
"Reckless Love" (2017) "The Father's House" (2020) "Christ Be Magnified" (2020)
Music videos
"The Father's House" (Acoustic) on YouTube
"The Father's House" (Live) on YouTube
"The Father's House" (Lyrics) on YouTube

"The Father's House" is a song performed by American contemporary worship musician Cory Asbury, which was released as the lead single to Asbury's third studio album, To Love a Fool, on January 24, 2020. Asbury collaborated with Ethan Hulse and Benjamin Hastings of Hillsong United in writing the song, and the production of the single was handled by Ed Cash.

"The Father's House" was a commercial success, having reached No. 3 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart while becoming Asbury's second top ten on the chart. "The Father's House" received a nomination for the GMA Dove Award Song of the Year at the 2021 GMA Dove Awards.

Background

Cory Asbury announced on his social media that he would be releasing new music on January 24, 2020. On January 17, 2020, Asbury then announced that "The Father's House" would be released on January 24, availing the single for pre-save on Spotify.

On November 6, 2020, Asbury released the live version of "The Father's House" as part of his album, To Love a Fool – A Rooftop Experience (2020).

Writing and development

Cory Asbury shared the story behind the song in an interview published on the Bethel Music website on January 23, 2020, saying:

"The Father’s House" was born a couple of years ago during a tour I was on. We had a few days off in Redding, California and I went to a house that overlooks the Sacramento River where our team usually meets to write music. My soul felt tired and weary, and I sat down at the piano because music is therapy for me. I just poured it out before God and went nuts. I did this for 15-20 minutes until this song came out, "You never want it perfect, you just want my heart." — Cory Asbury

Asbury added that during his hiatus, Benjamin Hastings had visited him at his home in Michigan and opined that the lyric was a verse, not a chorus, and from there on, began writing out the song.

Composition

"The Father's House" is composed in the key of D♭ with a tempo of 81 beats per minute and a musical time signature of
₄.

Accolades

Commercial performance

"The Father's House" debuted at No. 16 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated February 8, 2020. Before its release, the song had spent five weeks on the Christian Airplay chart, having debuted at No. 45 on the issue dated January 11, 2020, and reaching No. 20 on the February 8 chart issue, indicating that the song received early radio airplay. In the song's eleventh week on Christian Airplay, the song reached No. 10, becoming his second top ten on the chart, after his 2018 hit single "Reckless Love". On the Hot Christian Songs chart dated March 28, 2020, "The Father's House" also became his second top ten, having peaked at No. 10.

Music videos

The acoustic music video of "The Father's House" performed by Cory Asbury was released on Apple Music on January 24, 2020, with the lyric video of the song being published on Bethel Music's YouTube channel on the same day. The acoustic music video was then released to YouTube by Bethel Music on January 31, 2020. Bethel Music then released a live music video of the song being performed by Asbury at Bethel Church via YouTube on March 13, 2020.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

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8. Clarks, Jessie (November 6, 2020). "Cory Asbury Drops 'To Love A Fool' Live Album". The Christian Beat. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
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External links

• Lyrics and sheet music for "The Father's House" (Studio Version) on PraiseCharts

• 2020 singles
• 2020 songs
• Cory Asbury songs
• Songs written by Ethan Hulse