Preacher (song)

Preacher is a song recorded by American band OneRepublic for their third studio album Native (2013). It serves as the eleventh track on the 2013 standard edition and twelfth of the 2014 re-release. It is in the key of C♯/D♭. It was written by Ryan Tedder and Brent Kutzle.

Background
A video explaining the story behind Burning Bridges was posted on OneRepublicVEVO's YouTube channel on March 25, 2013. In the video Ryan Tedder explains how Preacher was a demo originally made by Brent Kutzle which Tedder listened to on an airplane, and immediately knew the lyrics. The track is about Tedder's grandfather who was a preacher and what it was like to grow up with him bein there for him.

Release
A 01:31 snippet of "Burning Bridges" was unveiled on the OneRepublicVEVO YouTube channel on March 6, 2013. The full song was released with the album Native on March 22, 2013.

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Native Table