Jesus Walks

E65707
single song

"Jesus Walks" is a critically acclaimed hip-hop song by Kanye West that powerfully explores themes of faith, struggle, and spirituality.

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Label Occurrences
Jesus Walks canonical 7
"Jesus Walks" 4
Jesus Walks (Kanye West music video, Version 3) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The College Dropout ⓘ
artist Kanye West ⓘ
awardReceived BET Award ⓘ
surface form: BET Award for Video of the Year

Grammy Award for Best Rap Song ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award ⓘ
surface form: MTV Video Music Award for Best Gospel-Inspired Video

MTV Video Music Award ⓘ
surface form: MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video
chartPosition Billboard Hot 100 top 20 ⓘ
UK Singles Chart top 20 ⓘ
containsSample Walk With Me ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
director Chris Milk ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ
Michael Haussman ⓘ
format 12-inch vinyl ⓘ
CD single ⓘ
digital download ⓘ
genre conscious hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
hasBpm 89 ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Jesus Walks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jesus Walks (Version 1)

Jesus Walks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jesus Walks (Version 2)

Jesus Walks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jesus Walks (Version 3)
influenced mainstream discussion of religion in hip hop ⓘ
key F-sharp minor ⓘ
label Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:13 ⓘ
listedIn Pitchfork best songs of the 2000s ⓘ
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ
partOf The College Dropout track listing ⓘ
performer Kanye West ⓘ
producer Kanye West ⓘ
Miri Ben-Ari ⓘ
recordingPeriod 2002–2003 ⓘ
releaseDate 2004-05-25 ⓘ
sampleSourceArtist New York Community Choir ⓘ
surface form: The ARC Choir
subjectOf religious controversy ⓘ
theme Christian faith ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
social issues ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
struggle ⓘ
trackNumber 11 ⓘ
writer Kanye West ⓘ
Rhymefest ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The College Dropout → containsSingle → Jesus Walks ⓘ
Che Smith → coWroteSong → Jesus Walks ⓘ
Ye → notableWork → Jesus Walks ⓘ
Jesus Walks → hasMusicVideo → Jesus Walks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jesus Walks (Version 1)
Jesus Walks → hasMusicVideo → Jesus Walks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jesus Walks (Version 2)
Jesus Walks → hasMusicVideo → Jesus Walks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jesus Walks (Version 3)
Chris Milk → directedWork → Jesus Walks ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Jesus Walks” (version 2)
Rhymefest → coWroteSong → Jesus Walks ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Jesus Walks"
Rhymefest → awardReceivedFor → Jesus Walks ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Jesus Walks"
Che “Rhymefest” Smith → coWrote → Jesus Walks ⓘ
subject surface form: Che "Rhymefest" Smith
this entity surface form: "Jesus Walks"
Che “Rhymefest” Smith → awardReceivedForWork → Jesus Walks ⓘ
subject surface form: Che "Rhymefest" Smith
this entity surface form: "Jesus Walks"
Kanye West discography → includesSingle → Jesus Walks ⓘ
Chike Ozah → notableWork → Jesus Walks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jesus Walks (Kanye West music video, Version 3)
Kanye West Sunday Service → performedSong → Jesus Walks ⓘ
Walk With Me → hasVocalSampleUsedIn → Jesus Walks ⓘ
Walk With Me → sampledBy → Jesus Walks ⓘ