j. michael finley did the singing for bart in the movie i can only imagine.
j. michael finley did the singing for bart in the movie i can only imagine.
who did the singing for bart in the movie i can only imagine?
j. michael finley
section::::cast.









































bullet::::- j. michael finley as bart millard









































bullet::::- brody rose as young bart









































bullet::::- dennis quaid as arthur millard, bart's father









































bullet::::- tanya clarke as adele









































bullet::::- cloris leachman as meemaw, bart's grandmother









































bullet::::- madeline carroll as shannon, bart's girlfriend









































bullet::::- taegen burns as young shannon









































bullet::::- trace adkins as scott brickell, mercyme's manager









































bullet::::- craig lembke as konoa wheeler









































bullet::::- priscilla shirer as mrs. fincher, bart's teacher









































bullet::::- nicole duport as amy grant









































bullet::::- jake b. miller as michael w. smith









































bullet::::- mark furze as nathan









































section::::production.
i can only imagine (film)
in the last phases of the album's production, mercyme needed one more song to include on the album. late at night on the band's bus, millard found an old notebook with the phrase "i can only imagine" written in it. millard began to write a song, basing it off on his personal feelings about his father arthur's death. early in bart's life, arthur had been physically and emotionally abusive towards his family, with bart being beaten severely at points; arthur and his wife adele eventually divorced, and bart was sent to live with his mother after an especially extreme whipping. bart kept in contact with his father, however, who was later diagnosed with pancreatic cancer when bart was 15. his father began to make amends for his actions and started becoming more religiously observant, reading the bible and going to church regularly. as arthur progressively became more ill, his relationship with his son improved dramatically; by the time arthur died in 1991, when bart was 18, the two were very close. millard said that "i got a front row seat to see this guy go from being a monster to falling desperately in love with jesus. by the time he passed away when i was a freshman in college, not only was he my best friend, he was like the godliest man i’d ever known". after arthur's death, bart became obsessed with the phrase "i can only imagine" after hearing his grandmother say that she could only imagine what arthur was seeing in heaven. millard found comfort in the thought and began to write it on anything he could find.
i can only imagine (mercyme song)