The Hurt & the Healer (song)
| "The Hurt & the Healer" | ||||
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| Single by MercyMe | ||||
| from the album The Hurt & the Healer | ||||
| Released | February 28, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Christian rock, adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 4:52 | |||
| Label | Fair Trade | |||
| Songwriter(s) | James Bryson, Nathan Cochran, Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Michael John Scheuchzer, Robin Shaffer | |||
| Producer(s) | Brown Bannister, Dan Muckala | |||
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"The Hurt & the Healer" is a song by Christian rock band MercyMe. Written by Bart Millard, Robby Shaffer, Jim Bryson, Mike Schuechzer, Nathan Cochran, and Barry Graul, it was released as the lead single from the band's upcoming album of the same title. The idea for the song came after the death of Millard's firefighter cousin, who died while fighting a fire, and the song's early completion resulted in the album being pushed back so that the band could make sure the rest of the album "held its own".
"The Hurt & the Healer" was released to radio and as a digital download on February 28, 2012 and has peaked inside the top ten on several Christian chart formats and inside the top fifteen on the Billboard Christian CHR chart.