It Is Well (Bethel Music and Kristene DiMarco song)

"It Is Well" is a song performed by Bethel Music and Kristene DiMarco. It was released to Christian radio in the United States as the second single from Bethel Music's ninth album, You Make Me Brave (2014), on March 27, 2015.^[1] Kristene DiMarco wrote the song, with Horatio Spafford and Philip Bliss receiving posthumous credits for the interpolation of the hymn "It Is Well with My Soul".^[2] Gabriel Wilson and Daniel Mackenzie handled the production of the single.

"It Is Well"
Single by Bethel Music and Kristene DiMarco
from the album You Make Me Brave: Live at the Civic
Released	March 27, 2015 (2015-03-27)
Recorded	2014
Genre	Contemporary worship music
Length	4:02
Label	Bethel Music
Songwriter(s)	Horatio Spafford Kristene DiMarco Philip Bliss
Producer(s)	Gabriel Wilson Daniel Mackenzie
Bethel Music singles chronology
"You Make Me Brave" (2014) "It Is Well" (2015) "No Longer Slaves" (2015)
Kristene DiMarco singles chronology
"It Is Well" (2015) "I Will Follow You" (2015)
Music videos
"It Is Well" (Live) on YouTube
"It Is Well" (Lyrics) on YouTube

"It Is Well" peaked at number 27 on the Hot Christian Songs chart in the United States. The song has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[3]

Background

On February 25, 2015, Bethel Music announced that "It It Well" will be released to Christian radio stations in the United States on March 27, 2015.^[1] The song was released in digital format on March 31, 2015.^[4]

Kristene DiMarco shared the story behind the song in an interview with Kevin Davis of NewReleaseToday,^[5] saying:

"I was in our backyard crying out to God, and He so clearly brought the phrase into my mind "the waves and wind still know My name, Kristene." I could almost hear God laughing, and I knew bigger fish have been fried. I remember thinking that it was so true, and God has already come through so much and in so many ways for me. He brought me an amazing husband, and He brought me to this great city of Redding, California. He's given me so much, and yet I was so worried."

Composition

"It Is Well" is composed in the key of G with a tempo of 65 beats per minute and a musical time signature of ⁴
₄.^[6]

Commercial performance

"It Is Well" debuted at number 46 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated May 10, 2014.^[7] The song went on to peak at number 27 and spent a total of twenty-two non-consecutive weeks on the chart.^[8]

Music videos

Bethel Music released the live music video of "It Is Well" through their YouTube channel on April 28, 2014 with Kristene DiMarco leading the song.^[9] On April 18, 2015, the lyric video of the song was published by Bethel Music on their YouTube channel.^[10]

Charts

Chart (2014-15)	Peak position
US Hot Christian Songs (Billboard)[11]	27

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[12]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
United States	March 27, 2015	Christian radio	Bethel Music	[1]
Various	March 31, 2015	Digital download streaming		[4]

Other versions

• Passion released their version of "It Is Well" featuring Kristian Stanfill on their live album, Even So Come (2015).^[13]
• Kristene DiMarco released her own rendition of "It Is Well" on her live album, Mighty (2015).^[14]
• Bethel Music released an instrumental remix of the song on their instrumental album, Without Words: Synesthesia (2015).^[15]