Track 7: “Between You And Me” (Listen)
TC: That one was my baby. That was the “Socially Acceptable” [from Free At Last] of Jesus Freak. From demo to the master, and getting the feel right, it’s my favorite DC Talk song of all time. It’s just a great song. Structurally, lyrically, musically, and vocally —the perfect DC Talk song!

KM: [Regarding the music video] What was in the box? Absolutely nothing in the box, but grease. What had been in the box was some form of food that had been sitting there for a while. Maybe that was an even bigger statement, the emptiness and the greasiness of unnatural space.

It was the predecessor to “Consume Me.” It’s a ballad, yet still has that modern soundscape to it. Very alternative pop. A lot of people compare it to stuff Seal was doing at the time, because Michael’s vocal on it and the use of the synth. I think it’s one of those ballads that you can break down with an acoustic guitar and it sounds just as good as it does produced. What I like most about it is the interweaving harmonies between Michael and I. There’s a lot of deep harmonization involved, and I remember distinctly coming up with those parts and Heimermann, just being super excited and happy that we were going that deep with harmonies. He is a huge Beatles and Queen. We had to do these takes live, and we created depth that has stood the test of time.

Track 8: “Like It, Love It, Need It” (Listen)
TC: We had “Jesus Freak” the song, we needed something kind of rocky to balance it out. It’s more of an album filler. I didn’t have a ton to do with the song because they hired a bunch of musicians to come in and play.

KM: I can tell you I wrote on that song, but I don’t remember it. I remember that song being the rock and roll element that I felt we needed to have on the album and for the live show. The lyrics were kind of fun, and a little bit out there. That was sort-of the first time I influenced some of the lyrics a little bit. We had a blast creating that song because it was fun.

Track 9: “Jesus Freak Reprise” (Listen)
TC: This ­took thirty or forty five minutes worth of work, and was done by me. We were in the studio at 3:00 a.m. and it was me, DC Talk, and Dan Pitts. We were all delusional and joking around after listening to the song “Jesus Freak” over and over for hours, making sure it was perfect. I kept singing the song even when we stopped it, and then I started making fun of it.

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