God's Will

For the song by Macklemore, see God's Will (Macklemore song). For the similarly named song by Sault, see Aiir (album).

"God's Will" is a song recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride for her seventh studio album Martina (2003). The song was written by Barry Dean and Tom Douglas and produced by McBride and Paul Worley.^[2] McBride's label, RCA Nashville, began pushing the song to country radio in late November 2004 as the fourth and final single from the album.

"God's Will"
Single by Martina McBride
from the album Martina
Released	November 26, 2004[1]
Genre	Country Christian
Length	5:50
Label	RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Barry Dean Tom Douglas
Producer(s)	Martina McBride Paul Worley
Martina McBride singles chronology
"Trip Around the Sun" (2004) "God's Will" (2004) "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden" (2005)

Music video

The music video was directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions and premiered in late 2004.^[3] It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video, becoming McBride's second nomination after "Concrete Angel" and her tenth overall nomination.^[4]

Synopsis

The video starts with McBride sitting on a pew bench in the park with autumn leaves blowing in the wind. She starts singing and thinks back to a Halloween night when she met Will, a young, disabled boy who came trick-or-treating dressed as a bag of leaves. Later, it shows McBride and her daughter babysitting Will and playing a board game while his mother worked late. Later, McBride sees Will and his mom playing tee ball in their yard. Will and his mom eventually move away and before he gets into his car he gives McBride a drawing of him and her holding hands with the words "Me and God love you" written in crayon and she waves goodbye to him. The video ends with McBride sitting on the pew bench in the park, holding Will's drawing lovingly to her chest, and going to play with her daughter.

Charts

"God's Will" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of December 4, 2004.^[5]

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "God's Will"

Chart (2004–2005)	Peak position
Canada Country (Radio & Records)[6]	19
US Country Top 50 (Radio & Records)[7]	13
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8]	16
US Billboard Hot 100[9]	85
US Radio Songs (Billboard)[10]	75

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "God's Will"

Chart (2005)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[11]	65

References

1. "New & Active - Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1583. November 26, 2004. p. 42.
2. Dinoia, Maria Konicki. "Martina". Allmusic. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
3. "CMT : Videos : Martina McBride : God's Will". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
4. Shelburne, Craig (December 8, 2005). "Paisley, Wilson Earn Four Grammy Nominations Each". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on January 12, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
5. "Allan's "Nothing On but the Radio" Hits No. 1". Country Music Television. November 29, 2004. Archived from the original on August 9, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
6. "R&R Canada Country Top 30" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1600. April 1, 2005. p. 42. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
7. "R&R Country Top 50" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1603. April 22, 2005. p. 41. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
8. "Martina McBride Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
9. "Martina McBride Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
10. "Martina McBride Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard.
11. "Top Country Songs of 2005" (PDF). Billboard Radio Monitor. Vol. 13, no. 50. December 16, 2005. p. 46. Retrieved June 11, 2024.