"Finally Home" | ||||
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Single by MercyMe | ||||
from the album All That Is Within Me | ||||
Released | December 26, 2008 | |||
Format | CD, Digital download | |||
Recorded | 2007, Cider Mountain Studio (Athol, Idaho) | |||
Genre | Contemporary Christian music | |||
Length | 3:30 | |||
Label | INO | |||
Songwriter(s) | Millard, Graul, Scheuchzer | |||
Producer(s) | Brown Bannister | |||
MercyMe singles chronology | ||||
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"Finally Home" is a song by contemporary Christian music band MercyMe. Co-written by Bart Millard, Barry Graul, and Mike Scheuchzer, the song has lyrical themes revolving around heaven, with the music written around an acoustic guitar riff. It also contains musical influences from country and pop music, and features harmony vocals from Millard.
"Finally Home" was released as the third single from MercyMe's 2007 album All That Is Within Me and peaked at No. 1 on Billboard magazine's Soft AC/INSPO and Christian AC charts, No. 3 on the Hot Christian Songs chart, and No. 16 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The song ranked at No. 9 on Billboard's 2009 year-end Hot Christian AC chart, and No. 12 on the year-end Hot Christian Songs chart.
"Finally Home" was written after lead singer Bart Millard heard guitarists Mike Scheuchzer and Barry Graul improvising with an acoustic guitar riff. According to Millard, he "wrote the first line and just started bawling. Then we played it for our producer, and he started bawling". Millard was not sure the song would fit on the record, but Brown Bannister (the group's producer) told him "You just made a grown man cry. It's going on the record".
"Finally Home" is a Contemporary Christian song with influences from country and pop, and has a length of three minutes and 30 seconds.
The song is set in the key of E major and has a moderate tempo of 64 beats per minute, and with a vocal range spanning from B3–A5. "Finally Home" is similar to MercyMe's previous songs "I Can Only Imagine" and "Homesick" in theme, with the lyrics revolving around heaven. The instrumentation of the song is based around an acoustic guitar riff, and features harmony vocals from lead singer Bart Millard.