Carrie Underwood, Something in the Water | Music Lifts 🎶 🏋

In the 4^th edition of Music Lifts (2024), we’re uplifted by Grammy-winning country musician Carrie Underwood performing, “Something in the Water.”

Welcome to Music Lifts 🎶 🏋, a column that seeks to highlight songs that encourage, inspire, and uplift the spirit; songs that exude fortitude, positivity, and resolve, even in the face of adversity.  Featured songs aren’t genre-specific; songs may or may not be faith-based. The goal is for these songs to make you feel better – be LIFTED to new heights!  So, for the 4^th edition of Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 (2024), we highlight 🎵 “Something in the Water” as performed by Carrie Underwood.

“He said, ‘I’ve been where you’ve been before / Down every hallway’s a slamming door…” Closed doors can be utterly devastating in the context that Grammy-winning country musician Carrie Underwood mentions them. One of Underwood’s Grammys came for Best Country Solo Performance for “Something in the Water”. She continues singing in the first verse of this uplifting gem, “No way out, on one to come and save me / Wasting a life that the good Lord gave me.” The highlight from her 2014 compilation album, Greatest Hits: Decade #1, is a powerful, four-minute record that centers around a five-letter word: FAITH.  This faith-based, Christian country song was penned by Underwood, Brett James, and Chris DeStefano.  In addition to the authentic, vulnerable lyrics, the backdrop – the production – is marvelous in its own right.  On the Billboard Hot 100, “Something in the Water” debuted and peaked at no. 24. On the Hot Christian Songs chart, it spent 26 weeks at no. 1.

Eventually, after the pain, trials, and tribulations, Underwood clings onto her faith on “Something in the Water.” “They said, ‘Just a little faith, it’ll all get better’ / So I followed the preacher man down to the river and now I’m / Changed / And now I’m stronger,” she sings, confirming that  “There must’ve been something in the water.” Throughout, Carrie sings with a great tone. Her voice is beautiful and incredibly commanding. Firmly planted in country, with a Christian message, Underwood still manages to crossover, yielding a record that transcends music style. Of course, her authentic performance, particularly on the dynamic and tuneful chorus, easily draws the flock in.  She also references one of the greatest hymns ever written, “Amazing Grace” (“And now I’m singing along to ‘Amazing Grace’ / Can’t nobody wipe this smile off my face”). Yes, yes, yes! The baptism just hits different, something that “Something in the Water” showcases exceptionally.  Anyone surprised this is a multiplatinum single? Didn’t think so!

🎙 Carrie Underwood • 💿 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 • 🏷 19 Recordings Limited / Sony Music Nashville • 📅 2014

Carrie Underwood, Something in the Water: Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 No. 4 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; 19 Recordings Limited / Sony Music Nashville; Hamid Tajik, Qamar Rehman, vansh mehta, Viridiana Rivera via Pexels]