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Jesus Walks
Kanye West
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- Album
- The College Dropout
- Released
- 2004
- Genres
- rap
- Length
- 3:14
- Tempo
- 87 BPM
- Label
- Roc-A-Fella
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About this song
"Jesus Walks" was the fourth single from Kanye West's debut album The College Dropout. It became his third Top 20 single in a row, was certified Gold, and won a Grammy for Best Rap Song. Kanye made three different music videos for the track, and only the second one was made publicly available.
What it's about
The song is a pop track that endorses Christianity, which was surprising to many in the music community.
Fun facts
- Samples “Walk With Me by The ARC Choir” and “Represent by Nas”.
- Sampled in 24 other songs, like “41 Bop - (Jesus Walks) by 41, Kyle Richh, Jenn Carter, TaTa & Dee Billz (Ft. Jay Gelato & Miah Kenzo)”.
- Covered 2 times, including “Jesus Walks by Vitamin String Quartet”.
- Written by Curtis Lundy, Kanye West, Miri Ben-Ari - מירי בן-ארי and Rhymefest.
- Produced by Kanye West.