The hits keep coming!
As promised, Carrie Underwood released her faith-based new single, "Something in the Water," early Monday morning. Underwood co-wrote the track with Chris DeStefano and Brett James. The song will be among those featured on her Greatest Hits: Decade #1 album. "It's really kind of a joyous, uplifting song about changing your life for the better and kind of having that 'a-ha' moment, to waking up and your life being different from that moment forward," the singer, 31, explained on NBC's Today Friday.
The country singer tweeted Monday, "Just heard #SomethingInTheWater for the first time on the radio! Yay! So happy happy happy!!!" Underwood's song skyrocketed to No. 1 on iTunes' country music charts.
"Something in the Water" highlights Underwood's Southern Baptist beliefs. In the second verse, the crooner sings, "Couldn't fight back the tears, so I fell on my knees / Saying, 'God, if you're there come and rescue me' / Felt love pouring down from above / Got washed in the water, washed in the blood."
The final verse in "Something in the Water" is just as powerful.
"And now I'm singing along to 'Amazing Grace' / Can't nobody wipe this smile off my face / Got joy in my heart, angels on my side / Thank God almighty, I saw the light / Gonna look ahead no turning back / Live everyday giving all that I have / Trust in someone bigger than me / Ever since the day that I believed."
Since winning Fox's American Idol in 2005, Underwood has won 11 Academy of Country Music Awards, 7 American Music Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, five CMA Awards and six Grammy Awards. Her first four albums produced several hits, including "Jesus, Take the Wheel," "Before He Cheats," "So Small," "Temporary Home," "Undo It," "Good Girl," "Blown Away" and "Two Black Cadillacs," among others.
Underwood's Greatest Hits: Decade #1 is in stores Dec. 9.