"Daddy's DNA" is a song by American musician Brandon Lake. The song was released on April 29, 2025, as the second promotional single from Lake's fifth studio album, King of Hearts. The single includes the two previously released songs "Hard Fought Hallelujah" and "That's Who I Praise", both of which went on to top the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.
Background "Daddy's DNA" was released on April 29, 2025, as a promotional single. Upon release, it debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes store across all genres. Lyrically the song is based on the parable of the prodigal son. At American Idol Season 23, the song was performed by Lake and Breanna Nix as a non-competitive performance.
Lake shared the song was "maybe my favourite song I've ever written". The song was praised by Jelly Roll, who called it "song of the year". The song was written by Brandon Lake, Hank Bentley, and Jacob Scooter. Bentley and Scooter acted as producer. Lake, Bentley, Scooter, Elizabeth Hashley, Leon Gregory, Solo Ray, and Zak Dillon acted as composer.
Commercial performance "Daddy's DNA" peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart and No. 34 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. The song also charted at No. 4 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart, No. 10 on the Christian Streaming Songs chart, and No. 4 on the Rock Digital Song Sales chart. On the Hot Rock Songs chart, the song hit No. 25.
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from Tidal.
Brandon Lake – main artist, writer, composer Daniel Mackenzie – editor Elizabeth Hasley – composer Hank Bentley – producer, writer, composer, acoustic guitar, bass, recording engineer, resonator guitar Holly Zabka – executive producer Jacob Scooter – producer, writer, keyboards, recording engineer, steel guitar Leon Gregory – composer Matt Huber – mixing Pete Mol – background vocals, editor, keyboards, organ Sam Moses – masterer Solo Ray – composer Zak Dillon – composer
Charts
Weekly + Weekly chart performance for "Daddy's DNA" Chart (2025) Peakposition
Year-end +Year-end chart performance for "Daddy's DNA" Chart (2025) Position US Hot Christian Songs (Billboard) 37
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