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Never Would Have Made It

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"Never Would Have Made It"
Single by Marvin Sapp
from the album Thirsty
Released2007
GenreGospel
Length3:49 (radio edit)
6:56 (album version)
LabelVerity, Zomba
Songwriter(s)Matthew Brownie, Marvin Sapp

"Never Would Have Made It" is a single by American gospel singer Marvin Sapp from his seventh studio album Thirsty. Sapp wrote this song as a tribute after the death of his father, Henry Lewis Sapp, Jr. He testifies that it was created by divine inspiration the Sunday after his father’s burial.

Music video

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The 2008 music video features Sapp, and a cast of actors in interjecting scenes. Throughout the video, the scenes interchange and a revisited over the scenes plot development. The primary scene is Sapp in an auditorium; this scene moves from the stage to a balcony. The first of the interchanging scenes is shot in 16th Street Baptist Church, a church known for a Civil Rights Era bombing; over the course of exchanges the scene develops to show a pastor preaching from the pulpit. The second scene features a cast of three young women mourning at a graveside. The third scene features a mother and child in a car, presumably jobless and lacking resources to provide for her child. The original music video shows the live recording.

Chart performance

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The song is Sapp's biggest success so far on American music charts. The song peaked at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. It also topped the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart and reached the top twenty on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs listing. The song topped the gospel chart for 46 weeks.[1] The song was also certified platinum by the RIAA.

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ "Chart Beat Thursday: Marvin Sapp, Lady Antebellum, J-Lo". Billboard. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "Marvin Sapp Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "Marvin Sapp Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
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