Father Stretch My Hands

"Father Stretch My Hands" is a two-part song by American rapper Kanye West. It was released as the second single from his seventh studio album The Life of Pablo (2016).

Composition

The album version of the song is split into two parts: "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1" featuring vocals by Kid Cudi and Kelly Price,^[1] and "Pt. 2" featuring vocals by Desiigner and Caroline Shaw. The song is built around a sample of the song of the same title, performed and written by T. L. Barrett, with "Pt. 2" featuring prominent interpolations of "Panda", performed by Desiigner.^[2]^[3] A 'rough cut' of the song was first released online in February 2016.^[4]

GQ wrote that the two-part track "begins as a gospel song about fucking models, transitions halfway into a soul-baring confessional dance track, then drops in two entire verses of an entirely different song about drug-dealing and cars by an 18-year-old Brooklyn rapper, before resolving into a meditative piece for vocoder by a contemporary classical composer and ending with a snippet of the sampled gospel song that the whole thing started from, just to remind you how far we've traveled from there in the span of four minutes."^[5]

Critical reception

Complex listed the two parts of the song as twenty-fourth and third best song of 2016 so far in their list published on June 16, 2016.^[6]

Charts

Pt. 1

Chart (2016)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[7]	54
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	37
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[9]	14

Pt. 2

Chart (2016)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[7]	70
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	54
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[9]	18

References

↑ Ihaza, Jeff (2016-06-02). "Why It's Cool For Justin Bieber And Kanye West To Wear Their Own Merch". The Fader. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
↑ Bartleet, Larry (2016-05-22). "Stephen Colbert parodies Kanye West's 'Ellen' speech". NME. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
↑ Simmons, Ted (2016-06-17). "Kanye West Chooses Next Single From 'The Life of Pablo' - XXL". XXL. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
↑ Miller, Matt (2016-06-15). "New Kanye West Song "Saint Pablo": Listen to the New Song Kanye Added to The Life of Pablo". Esquire. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
↑ Raymer, Miles. "The Life of Pablo: Kanye West's Opus of Chaos". GQ. Condé Nast. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
↑ "The Best Songs of 2016 (So Far)". Complex. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
1 2 "Archive Chart: 2016-04-14" UK Singles Chart.
1 2 "Kanye West – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Kanye West. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
1 2 "Kanye West – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Kanye West. Retrieved June 22, 2016.

Kanye West songs

Discography

The College Dropout	"All Falls Down" "I'll Fly Away" "Jesus Walks" "The New Workout Plan" "Slow Jamz" "Through the Wire"

Late Registration	"Heard 'Em Say" "Touch the Sky" "Gold Digger" "Drive Slow" "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" "Hey Mama" "Gone"

Graduation	"Good Morning" "Champion" "Stronger" "Good Life" "Can't Tell Me Nothing" "Flashing Lights" "Homecoming" "Big Brother"

808s & Heartbreak	"Welcome to Heartbreak" "Heartless" "Amazing" "Love Lockdown" "Paranoid" "See You in My Nightmares"

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	"Dark Fantasy" "Gorgeous" "Power" "All of the Lights" "Monster" "So Appalled" "Devil in a New Dress" "Runaway" "Hell of a Life" "Blame Game" "Lost in the World" "Who Will Survive in America" "See Me Now"

Watch the Throne	"No Church in the Wild" "Lift Off" "Niggas in Paris" "Otis" "Gotta Have It" "Who Gon Stop Me" "Made in America" "Why I Love You" "H•A•M"

Cruel Summer	"To the World" "Clique" "Mercy" "New God Flow" "Cold" "Don't Like"

Yeezus	"On Sight" "Black Skinhead" "I Am a God" "New Slaves" "Hold My Liquor" "Blood on the Leaves" "Bound 2"

The Life of Pablo	"Father Stretch My Hands" "Famous" "Real Friends" "Wolves" "Fade" "Saint Pablo"

Cruel Winter	"Champions"

Other singles	"Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)" "Christmas in Harlem" "Only One" "FourFiveSeconds" "All Day"

Featured singles	"Talk About Our Love" "The Food" "I Changed My Mind" "Down and Out" "The Corner" "Go!" "Number One" "Extravaganza" "Number One" "Wouldn't Get Far" "I Still Love H.E.R." "Pro Nails" "Finer Things" "American Boy" "Put On" "Stay Up! (Viagra)" "Swagga like Us" "Go Hard" "Knock You Down" "Beat Goes On" "Kinda Like a Big Deal" "Walkin' on the Moon" "Supernova" "Maybach Music 2" "Make Her Say" "Digital Girl" "Run This Town" "Forever" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" "Erase Me" "Start It Up" "Hurricane 2.0" "E.T." "Marvin & Chardonnay" "Pride n Joy" "I Wish You Would" "Birthday Song" "Thank You" "I Won" "Blessings" "One Man Can Change the World" "Pop Style" "THat Part" "Friends"

Other songs	"Us Placers" "Deuces (Remix)" "Sanctified"

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Discography Awards and nominations Videography Filmography

Studio albums	Man on the Moon: The End of Day Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager Indicud Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'

Mixtapes	A Kid Named Cudi

Singles	"Day 'n' Nite" "Make Her Say" "Pursuit of Happiness" "Erase Me" "Mr. Rager" "No One Believes Me" "Just What I Am" "King Wizard" "Immortal" "Girls" "Frequency" "Surfin'"

Featured singles	"Welcome to the World" "She Came Along" "Memories" "That Tree" "Symphonies" "All of the Lights" "Run" "Focused" "Father Stretch My Hands"

Promotional singles	"Did It Again (Remix)" "Whatever U Want (GOOD Music Remix)"

Other songs	"Welcome to Heartbreak" "Soundtrack 2 My Life" "Marijuana" "Gorgeous"

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