Rattle!

Album: Graves Into Gardens (2020)
Charted: 125
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Songfacts®:

  • The bible details several miracles where dead bones come to life again.

    2 Kings 13:20-21 recounts a man buried in Elisha's tomb who is revived after touching the deceased prophet's bones.

    Ezekiel 37 1-14 is an account of a vision of dry bones being given flesh and life.

    This song is about the greatest miracle of all; the resurrected Jesus Christ.

    This is the sound
    Of dry bones rattling
    This is the praise
    Make a dead man walk again


    The rattling of Christ's dry bones preceded His rising from the dead and walking out of His grave.
  • Elevation Worship frontman Chris Brown wrote "Rattle!" with Elevation lead pastor Steven Furtick and Bethel Music's Brandon Lake during quarantine. Brown told Apple Music they wanted to write authentically about experiencing lockdown, but also give the church something to shout about. "This isn't the end," he said, "I will get to go and see life again and experience life again, and let's believe it."
  • Brown, Furtick and Lake wrote the song over voice memos that were shared back and forth, and with Zoom calls. "There just became a significant energy around the song really quickly," Brown told Billboard. "It felt like we had all been in quarantine and we're pent-up, on a roller coaster of emotions. It's like, the news is on and we're up and down with good news, bad news, fear and anxiety. So, yes, this song just came out as a release of emotion and a call to arms."
  • Released on April 23, 2021 as the third official single from Graves Into Gardens, "Rattle!" became Elevation Worship's second song to top Billboard's Christian Airplay Chart. "It feels quite providential that a song about resurrection and living and breathing again has resonated with so many throughout this COVID-19 pandemic," Brown told Billboard. "We hope it continues to inspire faith to believe God for even greater days ahead of us."
  • Elevation Worship released a Spanish-language remake of Graves into Gardens titled Tumbas a Jardines. It includes a Spanish rendition of "Rattle!" titled "Ruido!"

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