CeCe Winans Revives A Timeless Hymn On New Single “At The Cross”
CeCe Winans Revives A Timeless Hymn On New Single “At The Cross.” CeCe Winans has released a moving new single, “At The Cross,” arriving today (Friday, 17 October 2025) as a modern, worship-ready rendition of the classic hymn many know by heart. The track landed with official audio on YouTube and DSP links via Winans’ channels, marking her first new post-album release since the More Than This era.
The song draws its text from Isaac Watts’ 18th-century hymn “Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed,” paired with the jubilant 19th-century camp-meeting refrain popularly attributed to Ralph E. Hudson—a pairing that helped the piece become one of the most enduring testimonies in congregational song. Winans’ version retains the hymn’s core confession and testimony while giving it a fresh, radiant vocal delivery and spacious, modern production that highlights the lyric’s journey from conviction to joy.
Winans first teased the release this week, telling fans a “new song ‘At The Cross’ [is] coming tomorrow, 10.17,” before unveiling the track today. That rollout culminated with the official audio and a lyric-forward visual so worshipers can sing along immediately.
On the recording, Winans leans into the hymn’s narrative arc—pondering the cost of grace in the verses before blooming into the chorus’s testimony (“At the cross… where I first saw the light”). The effect is classic CeCe: crystalline leads, reverent dynamics, and an invitational tone that feels equally at home in personal devotion or a Sunday-morning set. It’s also a poignant nod to the artist’s lifelong ministry of bridging generations through songs that centre on the Cross.
Beyond its historical roots, “At The Cross” lands in a fertile season for Winans, who has spent the last two years expanding her worship catalogue and touring behind More Than This. The new single feels like a companion piece—an altar call distilled into song—inviting listeners once again to lay burdens down and receive grace.
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