There Is a God

"There Is a God" is a song written by Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley, and recorded by American country music artist Lee Ann Womack. It was released in November 2009.

"There Is a God"
Single by Lee Ann Womack
ReleasedNovember 2, 2009
GenreCountry
Length4:15
LabelMCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Chris DuBois
Ashley Gorley
Producer(s)Tony Brown
Lee Ann Womack singles chronology
"Solitary Thinkin'"
(2009)		 "There Is a God"
(2009)		 "The Way I'm Livin'"
(2014)

Content

"There Is a God" is a ballad, backed primarily by acoustic guitar, with steel guitar fills and strings. The song's narrator describes everything she sees, from things of beauty ("Watch a flock of birds against the morning sun / Close your eyes and listen to the river run") to life's miracles ("Hearing the doctor say he can't explain it, but the cancer's gone"), as being proof that "there is a God."

The song was previously recorded by Trent Willmon for his 2007 album Broken In. His version was released as a single in late 2007, although it failed to chart. Womack recorded her own version of the song and a positive response from country radio led to its single release.[1]

Reba McEntire later covered the song for her 2017 album, Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope.

Critical reception

The song was met with mixed reception among music critics. Matt Bjorke of Roughstock reviewed the song favorably, and described it as a return to a more "contemporary" country sound: "This song may not please the traditionalists who enjoyed the last couple of albums from Lee Ann Womack but it’s also not as ‘pop’ as “[I Hope You] Dance” was but it might just reach as many people with the strong lyric and Lee Ann’s expert delivery of them."[2] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B-, stating that the lyrics "rubbed [him] the wrong way" and that Womack's performance was "tepid" and lacking in conviction.[3] Country Weekly reviewer Chris Neal said that the song was "lovely but bland" and criticized the "potshots at science" in the bridge ("Science says it's all just circumstance / Like the whole world's just an accident"), giving it three stars out of five.[4]

Chart performance

"There Is a God" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of November 14, 2009. It became her twenty-first Top 40 single on that chart, reaching a peak of 32 in March 2010.

Chart (2009-2010) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 32
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References
  1. CMT News: Lee Ann Womack Releases New Single, "There Is a God"
  2. Roughstock Blog: Lee Ann Womack - "There Is a God"
  3. Country Universe: Review: Lee Ann Womack, “There is a God”
  4. Neal, Chris (30 November 2009). "Reviews — Singles". Country Weekly. 16 (42): 45. ISSN 1074-3235.
  5. "Lee Ann Womack Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
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