2018Released
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The title track of Bethel Music artist Cory Asbury's debut album, "Reckless Love" finds the worship singer-songwriter praising God for His grace and relentless pursuit of us. Asbury explained the song's meaning to Multitracks: "When I use the phrase, 'the reckless love of God,' I'm not saying that God Himself is reckless. I am, however, saying that the way He loves, is in many regards, quite so. His love bankrupted heaven for you. His love doesn't consider Himself first. His love isn't selfish or self-serving. He doesn't wonder what He'll gain or lose by putting Himself out there. He simply gives Himself away on the off-chance that one of us might look back at Him and offer ourselves in return. The recklessness of His love is seen most clearly in this – it gets Him hurt over and over. Make no mistake, our sin pains His heart. Yet He opens up and allows us in every time. His love saw you when you hated Him – when all logic said, 'They'll reject me,' He said, 'I don't care if it kills me. I'm laying My heart on the line.'"

Cory Asbury explained to during an interview with CBN's Studio 5 how a couple of experiences as a parent served as inspiration for the song. "When I held my son for the first time it changed every idea that I had of God," the Bethel Music worship leader said. "I looked into his eyes and was just like, I have a capacity for love that I never thought I could have." "Number two was our daughter Lilly, she had a couple of health complications." Asbury added, explaining that his little girl's medical difficulties led him to ask some "difficult questions of God," in which he asked, "What is going on? Why is my daughter almost dying? Are you punishing me? Have I sinned? Have I done something wrong?" "And those were some of the false paradigms that I held in my heart," Asbury continued, "and the truth of it is that He actually used the whole thing to confirm to my heart His goodness, His kindness in the midst of all of it."

The song climbed to #1 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart on March 3, 2018 and spent a whole 18 weeks at the summit. It also was 2018's #1 Christian Airplay Songs title.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Reckless Love.
F♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
111BPM

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The album Reckless Love is released on.

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Bethel Music
2017 Bethel Music
2017 Bethel Music

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