Hidden in plain sight: songs you didn’t know were about Christianity

Romans 8:28 NIV “28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

Have you ever been be-bopping down the road listening to 107.3 (not a Christian radio station) when a song comes on that grabs your feel goods? You’re humming along, shaken your head when you are stunned to be singing, “Lord!” Did I just say Lord? You were so caught up in the music, the lyrics were secondary. This is what happens to Candi Staton’s – You Got the Love, it’s a funky disco beat. I can just see bell bottoms,  roller skaters flipping the peace sign wearing oversized sunglasses. A closer listen to the lyrics you hear Staton praising God, “he’s got the love you need to see you through. His love will not let you fall. You can always count on his love.”

Link to the song below.

Candi Staton, You Got The Love lyrics; 

Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air

I know I can count on you

Sometimes I feel like saying, “Lord, I just don’t care”

But you’ve got the love I need to see me through

Sometimes I see that the boy is just too rough

And things go wrong no matter what I do

Now it feels like life is just too much

You’ve got the love I need to see me through

Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air

I know I can count on you

Sometimes I feel like saying, “Lord, I just don’t care”

But you’ve got the love I need to see me through

Time after time I say, “Oh Lord what’s the use?”

Time after time I say, “This just won’t do”

But sooner or later in life the things you love you lose

Just like before, I know I call you

I can’t believe my palms, degrading friends of you

I can’t believe my fire, oh Lord, what must I do

I can’t believe what I caught up, master made me new

But you’ve got the love I need to see me through

Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air

I know I can count on you

Sometimes I feel like saying, “Lord, I just don’t care”

But you’ve got the love I need to see me through

You’ve got the love x4

I need to see me through x4

“Disco diva Candi Staton recorded You Got The Love in the 1980s after turning her back on secular music and devoting herself to the church.

Bizarrely, the song originally featured in a video about the world’s fattest man and his endeavour to lose weight.

It only became famous when dance act The Source remixed it in 1991 – bringing lyrics like “My saviour’s love is real” to raves up and down the country.

The song’s success prompted Staton to reassess her career. 

“It was such an inspirational song it allowed me to rethink,” she told The Guardian. “People in church used to tell me secular music was the devil’s music – but I realised it wasn’t.” BBC.com

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43547436