"Covered" is a song performed by Planetshakers and Israel & New Breed. Planetshakers released the song as the lead single from live album This Is Our Time: Live (2014)[4] on October 21, 2014, as well as the Israel & New Breed live album Covered: Alive in Asia (2015)[5][6] on July 24, 2015. The song also appeared on the album on the Planetshakers Outback Worship Sessions (2015) and also appeared on the Spanish album Eres Mi Todo as the song Me Cubres by Job González. The song was written by Joth Hunt and Israel Houghton.[7]

"Covered"
Single by Planetshakers and Israel & New Breed
from the album This Is Our Time: Live
ReleasedOctober 21, 2014 (2014-10-21)
RecordedApril 14, 2014
VenueHisense Arena, Melbourne, Australia
GenreWorship
Length7:55
Label
Songwriter(s) Israel Houghton[1]
Producer(s)Joth Hunt,[2] Aaron Lindsey and Kevin Camp[3]
Planetshakers singles chronology
"Endless Praise"
(2014)
"Covered"
(2014)
"I Know Who You Are"
(2016)
Music videos
"Covered" on YouTube
"COVERED ACOUSTIC SESSION" on YouTube

Composition and genre

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"Covered" by Planetshakers is composed in the key of B with a tempo of 85 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 6
8
.[8] "Covered" by Israel & New Breed is composed in the key of B with a tempo of 87 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 6
8
.[9]

The song was written by Joth Hunt and Israel Houghton.[10]

In 2014, Planetshakers released the song Covered, the song was recorded live during the Awakening 2014 conference held April 14–17, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia.

In 2014, Israel & New Breed released the song Covered, the song was recorded in studio with style Gospel for (Radio Edit)[11] also recorded the live version that appears on the album with the same title Covered released in 2015.[12]

In 2015, Planetshakers released the song Covered, this song was recorded in studio with style Pop Acoustic for the album Outback Worship Sessions.[13]

Commercial performance

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Covered on the Digital Song Sales chart on October 31, 2014, the song debuted at No. 3.[14]

Music videos

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On October 23, 2014, Planetshakers released the live music video of "Covered" on YouTube channel and has garnered over 2 million views as of June 2021.[15] Planetshakers also released a music video of Covered in an acoustic session on October 23, 2014.[16]

Covers and renditions

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Covered has been translated and interpreted in many evangelical churches around the world. This song has been covered by a number of Christian music artists.

Israel Houghton featuring Job González recorded the song "Me Cubres" (Covered) in Spanish for the album Eres Mi Todo released on February 15, 2016.[17]

Cindy Cruse-Ratcliff also released the song (Covered) on October 26, 2016.[18]

Charts

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Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[19] 3

References

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  1. ^ "Planetshakers Covered". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "This Is Our Time: Live - Planetshakers : Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  3. ^ "ISRAEL HOUGHTON RELEASES 'COVERED' SINGLE AHEAD OF LIVE ALBUM". Louder Than The Music. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  4. ^ Yap, Timothy (2 October 2014). "Planetshakers Teaming with Israel Houghton For Their New Album "This is Our Time"". JubileeCast. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ Yap, Timothy (2 October 2014). "Israel Houghton & New Breed "Covered: Alive in Asia" Album Review". JubileeCast. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Israel & New Breed Covered: Alive in Asia". All Music. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Planetshakers Covered". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Covered Planetshakers - This Is Our Time". MultiTracks. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Covered Israel and New Breed - Covered: Alive in Asia". MultiTracks. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Planetshakers Covered". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Covered (Radio Edit) - Single Israel & New Breed". iTunes. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Israel Houghton – Covered". RCA Inspiration. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  13. ^ Andre, Joshua (May 10, 2015). "Music Reviews: Planetshakers – Outback Worship Sessions". 365 Days of Inspiring Media. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  14. ^ "Gospel Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  15. ^ "COVERED | Official Planetshakers Video". YouTube. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  16. ^ "COVERED ACOUSTIC SESSION | Official from Planetshakers This Is Our Time live recording". YouTube. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Me Cubres (feat. Israel Houghton)". Multitracks. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Covered". YouTube. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Israel & New Breed – Chart History (Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2021.