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"Rattle!" (written in all capital letters) is a song performed by the American worship band Elevation Worship. On April 23, 2021, it was released as the third single from their eighth live album, Graves into Gardens (2020), to Christian radio stations in the U.S. The song was written by Brandon Lake, Chris Brown, and Steven Furtick.

"Rattle!" (written in all capital letters) is a song performed by the American worship band Elevation Worship. On April 23, 2021, it was released as the third single from their eighth live album, Graves into Gardens (2020), to Christian radio stations in the U.S. The song was written by Brandon Lake, Chris Brown, and Steven Furtick. Chris Brown and Aaron Robertson produced the single.

"Rattle!" reached number 4 on the U.S. Hot Christian Songs chart and number 25 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. At the 2022 GMA Dove Awards, "Rattle!" was nominated for the GMA Dove Award for Song of the Year.

Background

"Rattle!" was first shared by Elevation Worship as a lyric video on YouTube on April 15, 2020. The song was officially released as the third promotional song from the album Graves into Gardens on April 24, 2020, after reaching over 1.2 million views on YouTube.

On July 10, 2020, Elevation Worship released a Spanish-language version of the album Graves into Gardens, called Tumbas a Jardines. This version includes a Spanish version of "Rattle!" titled "Ruido!". On January 8, 2021, Elevation Worship released the album Graves into Gardens: Morning & Evening, which features a new version of the song called "Rattle! (Morning & Evening)". The song was played on Christian radio stations on April 23, 2021.

Composition

The piece "Rattle!" is written in the key of E♭, has a speed of 76 beats per minute, and uses a time signature of 4⁄4.

Commercial performance

The song "Rattle!" first appeared at number seventeen on the US Hot Christian Songs chart for the week of May 9, 2020. At the same time, it reached number one on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart. After the release of the album Graves into Gardens, the song moved to number sixteen on the Hot Christian Songs chart for the week of May 16, 2020. It remained on the Hot Christian Songs chart for a total of 21 weeks.

On June 12, 2021, "Rattle!" returned to the Hot Christian Songs chart and reached number sixteen.

On September 18, 2021, the song reached number one on the Christian Airplay chart.

Music videos

On April 15, 2020, Elevation Worship shared the lyric video for "Rattle!" recorded at Elevation Church's Ballantyne campus on their YouTube channel. The acoustic version of the song was shared on YouTube by Elevation Worship on June 22, 2020. A Spanish version of the song, titled "Ruido!," was shared on their YouTube channel on July 10, 2020. On January 8, 2021, Elevation Worship released the music video for "Rattle! (Morning & Evening)" on YouTube.

Zach Williams, Essential Worship version

On November 13, 2020, Zach Williams and Essential Worship released a cover of the song, which includes vocals by Steven Furtick, as a single on its own.

Zach Williams explained how the recording of this version of the song came about.

The version of the song by Zach Williams and Essential Worship is written in the key of D♭, has a moderate tempo of 76 beats per minute, and follows a musical time signature of 4/4.

This rendition of the song first appeared at number 50 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart for the week of January 16, 2021.

On November 12, 2020, Essential Worship shared the lyric video for the song on YouTube.

Other versions

Brandon Lake released a version of "Rattle!" with Tasha Cobbs Leonard on his second album, House of Miracles (2020).

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