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This Is a Move

"This Is a Move" is a song by Tasha Cobbs Leonard, which was released as a standalone single on January 25, 2019.[1] Cobbs Leonard co-wrote the song with Brandon Lake, Nate Moore, and Tony Brown.[2] Kenneth Leonard Jr. handled the production of the single.[3]

"This Is a Move"

January 25, 2019 (2019-01-25)

2018

7:25

Capitol CMG

Kenneth Leonard, Jr.

The song was a commercial success, debuting at number four on the Billboard's Hot Gospel Songs chart,[4] spending twenty-six weeks on the chart. The song was number 33 on the year-end Hot Gospel Songs chart for 2019. "This Is a Move" won the GMA Dove Award Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year in the 2019 GMA Dove Awards.[5] "This Is a Move" earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Gospel Performance/Song in the 2020 Grammy Awards,[6] and the Stellar Award for Song of the Year at the 2020 Stellar Awards.


Brandon Lake released the song as his debut single with Bethel Music on June 28, 2019. The song peaked on number 36 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart,[7] spending eighteen weeks on the chart.

Composition[edit]

"This Is a Move" is composed in the key of A♭ with a moderate tempo of 69 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 6
8.[9] Cobbs Leonard's vocal range spans from E♭3 to F5.[10]

Music video[edit]

Tasha Cobbs Leonard released the live music video of "This Is a Move" through their YouTube channel on January 25, 2019.[11]

"This Is a Move"

June 28, 2019 (2019-06-28)

2018

3:42

Bethel Music

David Leonard

released an instrumental version of the song on their album, Without Words: Genesis, on November 15, 2019.[27]

Bethel Music

On July 3, 2020, released their own rendition of "This Is a Move" which featured Nate Moore and Katie Torwalt on their album, Housefires + Friends (2020).[28]

Housefires

on PraiseCharts

Lyrics and sheet music for "This Is a Move"