Strong Songs: Randolph man sees Christian music go viral on TikTok, Spotify
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RANDOLPH -- Around one year ago, Randolph man David Bennett was woken in the middle of the night with a calling from God to write a song.
It would not take long for that song to go viral on multiple platforms, including TikTok and Spotify.
"It was August 4, about 3:30 in the morning God woke me up and all I heard was 'it's time', and I had the lyrics on my lips when I woke up, 'we march on'," Bennett said. "So I was like, ok, I guess I'll write the song, but I'm not a singer, so what do I do with this song? And God said, 'make it'."
Bennett's first song, "March On, To Mount Zion" was first posted by him on TikTok, with Bennet writing the song and the vocal parts done through AI. He posted the song on September 4, 2025 after he wrote and made it, with the beginning of the video including a script about creating the song and the song at the end. At that time it was a normal TikTok, he said, but said God told him to post the song on its own after that, which he did on September 10. Later that day a political figure was assassinated, and Bennett said a lot of people turned to his song, which led to it going viral, hitting 3.25 million views. It was put on Spotify after that, as a lot of people had asked for it to be there as well.
Bennett said it means the world to him that so many people have found his music.
"It has impacted so many people, especially people from the MMA," Bennett said. "It's weird to think that a Christian song impacted people at the MMA and in Los Vegas, but Gregory Rodriguez, his name is Robo Cop in the MMA, walked out to my song."
Rodriguez was in the fight for about three minutes, throwing one punch to knock out his opponent, and then at the end Bennett said he turned and said he wanted everyone to meet Jesus, his Lord and Savior. Bennett has also made a second song for Rodriguez to be used in his next upcoming fight in August.
Bennett said he gets about 40 or 50 emails a day talking about how his music has changed someone's life or inspired them. It has also had an impact on a Jujitsu team, which Bennett said is the only Christian team using his music to walk out to their fights and for promotional purposes as well.
"It's not just a song, there are multiple songs that have gone viral," Bennett said. "We just hit over 400 million listens on 'Needed This Dave'. The reason why I think people should be interested in listening is that it is not normal Christian music. It talks about my view on stuff."
Bennett's song "Blue Skies" talks about depression. "Anxiety" talks about what happens when Bennett is awake at 3 a.m. and how he has to "lean on God more than ever." Bennett said he believes his music is going viral because of it being different from normal hymns heard in a church.
"March On, To Mount Zion' was a wake up call," Bennett said. "That was the first song that ever went viral. It was calling out the warriors of the lamb, saying it's time to start doing stuff. A lot of people have been dormant or cowardly, and it's time to stand up and start talking about it again."
Bennett's second viral song was "Dear God", written when he was at a dark spot in his life, and Bennett said he made it in both a woman's and man's vocal. The male vocal "exploded", and Bennett said the song focused on his own journey and getting worn down and needing Jesus, which he said a lot of people connected to and loved. Another song is called "Rock Bottom", and Bennett said if Jesus calls his followers to build their lives on the rock, rock bottom is a good place to be.
But, what is more important for Bennett than the success of his songs is knowing that Jesus died for everyone.
"Jesus rose from the dead, and he died for us, every single one of us," Bennett said. "God loves us enough to do that, to send his only son. I'm not a big go out and push my beliefs on other people, but I just know that Jesus did die for me, and that's one of the biggest things that anybody can learn."
Bennett challenges anyone of any religion or belief to take the time to listen to his music. People of all religions; atheists, Muslims, other people from other religions have already listened and reached out. Churches in the United Kingdom, Greenland, Japan, Germany and other countries have reached out after listening as well.
"We've had millions of people reach out to us and say they've found God through this music," Bennett said. "Someone from the Astros walked out to this song; someone from Penn State wrestling walked out during their state's wrestling tournament. It's impacted a lot of people."
For more information on Bennett or to listen to his music, visit TikTok, Spotify, or his website ineededthisdave.com.