About "TOGETHER"
A song that brings multiple ethnicities, nationalities, and styles ‘together’ to form one powerful voice. “TOGETHER (feat. Kirk Franklin & Tori Kelly)” unites KING & COUNTRY, Tori Kelly, and Kirk Franklin for a sound and a message all of us need right now.
“In a time where this virus is not isolated to one people group or country or social class – it has become the great equalizer,” shares Joel and Luke Smallbone. “It is helping us all reconsider this beautiful concept that we all bleed the same blood. And if we are able to unite, and support — be a neighbor to someone, serve someone, reach out to someone – how might those acts of kindness change the scope of our futures, together?”
“TOGETHER (feat. Kirk Franklin & Tori Kelly)” was written by Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Ran Jackson, Ricky Jackson, Josh Kerr, and Kirk Franklin, and was produced by Fede (Kanye West, Coldplay, Missy Elliott).
What unites us is ultimately so much stronger than that which divides us.
TOGETHER (Story Behind The Song)
Liners
Greeting - Joel
G’Day this is for KING & COUNTRY
Greeting - Luke
G’Day to you, this is for KING & COUNTRY
Premiere - This Is
Hey this is Joel, and I’m Luke, and we are for KING & COUNTRY. This is the premiere of our brand-new song “TOGETHER,” featuring Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin.
Premiere - Keep Listening
G’Day this is Joel, and I’m Luke, and we are for KING & COUNTRY. Keep listening this week for the premiere of our brand-new song “TOGETHER,” featuring Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin.
Premiere Intro Mix
Hey this is Joel, and I’m Luke, and we are for KING & COUNTRY. This is the premiere of our brand-new song “TOGETHER,” featuring Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin.
Keep Listening
G’Day this is Joel, and I’m Luke, and we are for KING & COUNTRY. Keep listening this week for the premiere of our brand-new song “TOGETHER,” featuring Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin.
Intro - Next Up
G’Day to you this is Joel, and I’m Luke, and we are for KING & COUNTRY. Next up is our brand-new song “TOGETHER,” featuring Kirk Franklin and Tori Kelly.
Up Next Clip
G’Day this is Joel, and I’m Luke, and we are for KING & COUNTRY. Next up is our brand-new song “TOGETHER,” featuring Kirk Franklin and Tori Kelly.
Intro - New Single
G’Day this is Joel, and I’m Luke, and we are for KING & COUNTRY. This is our new single “TOGETHER,” featuring Kirk Franklin and Tori Kelly.
Intro - New Song
G’Day this is Joel, and I’m Luke, and we are for KING & COUNTRY. This is our new song “TOGETHER,” with Kirk Franklin and Tori Kelly.
Intro - Song
G’Day this is Joel, and I’m Luke, and we are for KING & COUNTRY. This is our song “TOGETHER,” with Kirk Franklin and Tori Kelly.
Intro Audio 02
“Without further ado, this is our new song, single, “TOGETHER,” featuring Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin.”
Extended Intro Mix
G’Day to you, it’s Joel and Luke here with for KING & COUNTRY. We’re very proud to present to you a song that frankly, almost got the better of us. By the grace of God it has come together, so to speak, in a very important time in human history where the one great denominator amongst us is the fact that we all believe the same, and no better time in human history than for us to unite and unify. We hope that you’re impacted by this song. This song is “TOGETHER,” featuring Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin.
Song Intro Mix
G’Day this is Joel, and I’m Luke, and we are for KING & COUNTRY. This is our new single “TOGETHER,” featuring Kirk Franklin and Tori Kelly.
Outro
This Joel, and I’m Luke, and we are for KING & COUNTRY. That was our song “TOGETHER,” with Kirk Franklin and Tori Kelly.
15 Second On-Air Spot
30 Second On-Air Spot
60 Second On-Air Spot
25 Second Clip
60 Second Vignette
G’Day, this is Joel and I’m Luke and we are for KING & COUNTRY, and this is the story behind our new song “TOGETHER,” with Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin. This song “TOGETHER” is a song that has taken quite the journey, but we couldn’t be more proud of the message of togetherness in such a time as this. This virus has been the great equalizer of humanity and it’s not playing favorites, and this is the time for us to come together, cheer each other on, and love our neighbor well. Somebody else that we were writing the song with said, “There’s something about being in this together like brothers, like sisters, that has so much weight.”
90 Second Vignette
G’Day this is Joel, and I’m Luke, and we are for KING & COUNTRY, and this is the story behind our new song “TOGETHER,” with Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin. A little while back we were writing a song, and I actually couldn’t be in the writing session, I was at my house. So we were writing via Facetime and Skype and I had decided that I was going to take my oldest two boys to get dinner, and I was going to put them in the car and if I needed to, I’d mute the phone. Well, the boys were in the back and they were bickering and I thought I had my phone on mute and I looked at them and said, “Guys, quit bickering, you guys are brothers. You’re in this together.” When I said that, realizing I wasn’t on mute, somebody else that we were writing the song with said, “There’s something about being in this together like brothers, like sisters, that has so much weight.” And so, this song “TOGETHER” is a song that has taken quite a journey, but we couldn’t be more proud of the message of togetherness in such a time as this. Without further ado, this is our new song, single, “TOGETHER,” featuring Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin.
Short Hook - Pre
Short Hook
Hook Tease
G’Day this is Joel, and I’m Luke, and we are for KING & COUNTRY. Keep listening this week for the premiere of our brand-new song “TOGETHER,” featuring Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin.
Full Hook
Story & Song Mix
My friends, G’Day to you, Joel and my brother Luke here with for KING & COUNTRY, and this is the story behind our new song “TOGETHER,” with Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin. A little while back we were writing a song, and I actually couldn’t be in the writing session, I was at my house. So we were writing via Facetime and Skype and I had decided that I was going to take my oldest two boys to get dinner, and I was going to put them in the car and if I needed to, I’d mute the phone. Well, the boys were in the back and they were bickering and I thought I had my phone on mute and I looked at them and said, “Guys, quit bickering, you guys are brothers. You’re in this together.” When I said that, realizing I wasn’t on mute, somebody else that we were writing the song with said, “There’s something about being in this together like brothers, like sisters, that has so much weight.” And so, this song “TOGETHER” is a song that has taken quite a journey, but we couldn’t be more proud of the message of togetherness in such a time as this. This virus has been the great equalizer of humanity and it’s not playing favorites, and this is the time for us to come together, cheer each other on, love our neighbor well, and collaborate. And so, without further ado, this is our new song, single, “TOGETHER,” featuring Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin.
Story Behind the Song Intro
Story Behind The Song - Short
G’Day to you, it’s Joel and Luke here with for KING & COUNTRY. We’re very proud to present to you a song that frankly, almost got the better of us. By the grace of God it has come together, so to speak, in a very important time in human history where the one great denominator amongst us is the fact that we all believe the same, and no better time in human history than for us to unite and unify. We hope that you’re impacted by this song. This song is “TOGETHER,” featuring Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin.
Story Behind The Song - Long
My friends, G’Day to you, Joel and my brother Luke here with for KING & COUNTRY, and this is the story behind our new song “TOGETHER,” with Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin. A little while back we were writing a song, and I actually couldn’t be in the writing session, I was at my house. So we were writing via Facetime and Skype and I had decided that I was going to take my oldest two boys to get dinner, and I was going to put them in the car and if I needed to, I’d mute the phone. Well, the boys were in the back and they were bickering and I thought I had my phone on mute and I looked at them and said, “Guys, quit bickering, you guys are brothers. You’re in this together.” When I said that, realizing I wasn’t on mute, somebody else that we were writing the song with said, “There’s something about being in this together like brothers, like sisters, that has so much weight.” And so, this song “TOGETHER” is a song that has taken quite a journey, but we couldn’t be more proud of the message of togetherness in such a time as this. This virus has been the great equalizer of humanity and it’s not playing favorites, and this is the time for us to come together, cheer each other on, love our neighbor well, and collaborate. And so, without further ado, this is our new song, single, “TOGETHER,” featuring Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin.
About for KING & COUNTRY
Four-time GRAMMY® award-winning Australian duo, for KING & COUNTRY, comprised of brothers Joel & Luke Smallbone, collaborated with renowned entertainer Dolly Parton to release a version of the duo’s 11-week No. 1 hit “God Only Knows” in 2019. In 2020, the duo won two GRAMMY® awards. One for “God Only Knows” (with Dolly Parton) in the Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song category, and their 3rd studio album, burn the ships, won a GRAMMY® in the Contemporary Christian Music Album category. for KING & COUNTRY graced the CMA stage to perform “God Only Knows” with the incomparable Dolly Parton at the CMA awards, and they performed their unique and powerful rendition of “Little Drummer Boy” at CMA Country Christmas, receiving national critical praise for both. In the days following their Christmas performance, Joel and Luke Smallbone saw their previously released version of “Little Drummer Boy” undergo a 1,338% increase in downloads, a 60% increase in on-demand streams, and sat atop Billboard’s Christian Digital songs chart. They have garnered six No. 1 hits, nine Top 10 hits, six GRAMMY® nominations, three Billboard Music Award Nominations, an American Music Award nomination, and had songs featured on the Emmys, Super Bowl, Sunday Night Football and other high-profile events. National performances include The Tonight Show, Today Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The View, CMA Awards, and CMA Country Christmas. The duo’s burn the ships | world tour has SOLD-OUT over 40 shows across the world including USA, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, and New Zealand. In total, for KING & COUNTRY has accumulated nearly 1 Billion on-demand streams.
Lyrics
Together
Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Kirk Franklin, Ran Jackson, Ricky Jackson, Josh Kerr
Oh oh oh oh oh
This is for the busted hearts
This is for the question marks
This is for the outcast soul
Lost control, no one knows
Sing it for the can’t go back
Sing it for the broken past
Sing it for the just found out
Life is now upside down
If you’re looking for hope tonight, raise your hand
If you’re feeling alone and don’t understand
If you’re fighting in the fight of your life, then stand
We’re gonna make it through this hand in hand
And if we fall, we will fall together
Together
This is for the second chance
This is for the new romance
Sing it for the loved in vain, overcame
It’s not too late
If you’re looking for hope tonight, raise your hand
If you’re feeling alone and don’t understand
If you’re fighting in the fight of your life, then stand
We’re going to make it through this hand in hand
If we fall, we will fall together
Together
When we rise, we will rise together
Together
Ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh
(We will rise together)
(Listen)
If you’re looking for hope tonight
(And you’re all alone)
If you’re feeling alone tonight
(Can you feel)
If you’re in the fight of your life
(I can promise)
We’re gonna make it happen, yeah
I will be by your side
(By your side)
Cause love’s in the air tonight
(Can you feel it)
Come up and see the light whenever and wherever
Just as long as we’re together say
If we fall, we will fall together
(I got you my brother)
Together
(I see you my sister)
When we rise, we will rise together
Together
If we fall, we will fall together
(Take my hand)
Together
(Help me stand)
When we rise, we will rise together
(We will rise together)
Together
Together we are dangerous
Together with our differences
Together we are bolder, braver, stronger
