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WATCH: The Chris Tomlin Cover of Kanye West’s ‘Closed on Sunday’ You Didn’t Know You Wanted

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By Tré Goins-Phillips
Editor

October 31, 2019

Chris Tomlin, the guy known for writing and recording a great deal of the worship songs we sing in church on Sunday mornings, this week recorded his own rendition of one of Kanye West’s newest and most meme-worthy songs, “Closed on Sunday.”

Tomlin posted his version of the recently released song to his Twitter account Monday afternoon, chronicling his “moment of inspiration.”

Pat and I had a moment of inspiration from Kanye’s new record.
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Part 1 – @kanyewest pic.twitter.com/I6J5AVKLfu

— Chris Tomlin (@christomlin) October 28, 2019

Part 3 pic.twitter.com/hYbHuxF2zB

— Chris Tomlin (@christomlin) October 28, 2019

Tomlin’s version of the ode to Chick-fil-A featured worship leader Pat Barrett.

For his part, West performed “Closed on Sunday” this week on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” 

The song was written by Victory Boyd, who spent several weeks with West’s team to come up with the lyrics for the tune.

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“Everyday I had one goal, which was to make the day count and have something of value to contribute to the team and album,” Boyd wrote in an Instagram post. “I wrote 5 drafts of ‘Closed on Sunday.’ The 5th time I wrote it, I was so nervous about if the lyrics were strong enough that I automatically started writing my 6th rendition of this song.”

“I was busy already working on my next draft when I got word that I nailed it!” she continued. “My 5th draft of the lyrics to ‘Closed on Sunday’ aired tonight on television and it’s just the beginning.”

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