Hear Carrie Underwood’s Breathtaking Version Of “Softly And Tenderly”
on Apr 17, 2025
Carrie Underwood Released Her Rendition Of The Song “Softly And Tenderly” From Her First-Ever Gospel Album
On March 26, 2021, Carrie Underwood released her gospel album titled My Savior.
The album won a Grammy for Best Roots Gospel Album in 2022. The impressive track listing is as follows:
- “Jesus Loves Me” (instrumental)
- “Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus”
- “Blessed Assurance”
- “Just as I Am”
- Victory In Jesus”
- Great Is Thy Faithfulness (featuring CeCe Winans)
- “O How I Love Jesus”
- “How Great Thou Art”
- “Because He Loves”
- “The Old Rugged Cross”
- “I Surrender All”
- “Softly and Tenderly”
- “Amazing Grace”
A Stand-Out Song On The Album Is “Softly And Tenderly”
The song’s arrangement is much different from the majority of Underwood’s past singles, but the music’s simplicity allows the star’s vocal range to shine. Underwood’s voice remains controlled throughout most of the song, and she saves some of her more elaborate notes for the end.
“Softly and Tenderly” was released on February 12th, ahead of the album’s release.
This Wasn’t The First Time Carrie Underwood Performed This Song
In 2017, Underwood performed “Softly and Tenderly” as a soundtrack for the CMA Awards and memorably teared up towards the song’s end. Underwood’s performance honored the victims involved in the Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting.
In a behind the scenes video, Carrie explained why she chose to include “Softly and Tenderly” on My Savior.
“I sang Softly and Tenderly on CMAs a few years back for a very somber moment, an in memoriam moment. It felt like at the time, that song just brought a lot of healing into the room,” she explained. “I wanted to include it on this project just to have it in a more done way. So we decided to include it on this and hopefully it’ll continue to bring healing to people who need it.”
Take a listen to Carrie’s gospel album version of “Softly and Tenderly” below.
