Needful Hands

1998 single by Jars of Clay
"Needful Hands"
Single by Jars of Clay
from the album Exodus
Released1998
Recorded1998
GenreInspirational
Length3:40 (Album Version)
LabelRocketown Records
Songwriter(s)Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark
Jars of Clay singles chronology
"Truce"
(1998) 		"Needful Hands"
(1998) 		"Unforgetful You"
(1999)

"Needful Hands" is a song written and performed by Jars of Clay. The song was recorded for the special event album Exodus, which also featured contributions from dc Talk, Sixpence None the Richer, and Third Day, among many other Christian artists. The single reached number one on the Christian adult contemporary airplay charts and number two on Christian CHR in 1998. An acoustic version of "Needful Hands" appears on the album Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage.

Track listing

Note: All versions of the song written by Charlie Lowell, Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, & Stephen Mason, unless otherwise noted

  1. "Needful Hands" (Radio Edit 1) - 3:25
  2. "Needful Hands" (Radio Edit 2) - 3:08
  3. "Needful Hands" (Album Version) - 3:40
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Jars of Clay singles
Jars of Clay
  • "Flood"
  • "Like a Child"
Much Afraid
  • "Crazy Times"
  • "Five Candles (You Were There)"
  • "Fade to Grey"
  • "Overjoyed"
  • "Truce"
Exodus
  • "Needful Hands"
If I Left the Zoo
City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise
  • "This Road"
The Eleventh Hour
  • "I Need You"
  • "Fly"
  • "Revolution"
  • "Whatever She Wants"
Who We Are Instead
  • "Show You Love"
  • "Sunny Days"
Redemption SongsGood Monsters
  • "Dead Man (Carry Me)"
  • "Work"
The Long Fall Back to Earth
  • "Two Hands"
The Shelter
  • "Out of My Hands"
Other singles
  • "Closer"