Somlandela/Love is Calling | Urbana Worship feat. Eric Lige

We are proud to release our next single from Urbana Worship's Urbana 18 live album, Faithful Witness, Somlandela/Love Is Calling.

“Love is Calling” words and music by Greg Jorden and Njabulo “NJ” Kunene. “Somlandela” words and music, traditional Zulu. Used by permission.
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Piano: Eben Drost
Keyboards/Acoustic Guitar: Shawn Halim
Electric Guitar: Colin Althaus
Bass: Ernie Leduc Jr.
Drums: Roy Inzunza
Percussion: Melissa Vallejo
Trumpet: Edwin Imer Santiago
Saxophone: Meg Brennan
Flute: Stacey Chou
Vocals: Andy Delos Santos, Becky Gose, Danielle Ingram, Eric Lige, Jenn Louie, Melissa Olachea, Tinika Wyatt
Additional Vocals: Dayna Copeland, Jessica Mendoza, Jessica Price, Joshua Price, Julia Carbajal, Michaela Mieritz, Michele Leong, Tracy Price, Zachary Leon

Directed by Eric Lige
Engineered Live & Captured by Benjamin Bachman
​Produced & Mixed by Colin Althaus
Vocals Produced by Andy Delos Santos
Mastered at Moses Mastering by Sam Moses

CHORUS
Love is calling out
To everyone here in this place Love is calling out
Will you go for me?
Will you go for me?

VERSE
Somlandela (We will follow)
Somlandel’u Jesu (We will follow Jesus)
Somlandela (We will follow)
Yonke indawo (We will follow Him)
Somlandela (We will follow)
Somlandel’u Jesu (We will follow Jesus)
Lapho eyakhona somlandela (Wherever He leads us we will follow)

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[GERARADO]

Who else has been waiting for this song to be released since Urbana❤

[Chengification]

been waiting for this! Thank you Urbana 18 Worship Team for leading us all to worship on a global scale, and getting a glimpse of what it would be like to worship together in heaven!

[abeomonoyan]

“Som- lan- dela”
“Som- lan-del ‘jesu”
Sang this song for my intervarsity group two weeks after Urbana.
This song is amazing.

[djjohnston]

This song is so powerful, it gives me the good chills listening to it. Thanks for sharing this song at the conference 😊

[lilboothang]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ Excited for the rest coming in March!

[FhnLadybug]

This was probably my favorite song. Listening to this today, as St. Louis is iced in, and churches are canceled.

[nicocervantes]

I hope I can go to the next Urbana 😭 i love the musical vibing of worship 😇🙏🏼

[BlackRoses]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG THIS IS Gosh, remembering Urbana is making me emotional!

[Ekkletos]

Somlandela actually loosely means:
I will follow Jesus - I will follow Him wherever He goes.

The love is calling chorus was roughly translated to me by my Zulu brothers as:
Uthanda lubida pagathi (Love is calling out to everyone)
Hokumunthu kulendao (To everyone in this place)
Uthanda lubida pagathi (Love is calling out)
Ungahamba nami (Will you go for me) x 2

Love you guys - for singing in our language - it is the bonds that bind us beyond nationality as children of God.

[sethsisneros]

I am seriously so excited for the live album!!

[heyvery]

Can't wait for this song to come out on spotify!

[notasalamander]

Dang, I remember being in this. This was legit one of my favorite songs there...

[loricarr]

amazing thank you this song is amazing

[nonhlanhladlamii]

09 February 2025 I'm here answering the call❤🎉