The 25 Most Sung Worship Songs in American Churches
- Posted on June 20, 2006
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1 Here I Am To Worship—Hughes, Tim
2 Open The Eyes Of My Heart—Baloche, Paul
3 Blessed Be Your Name—Redman, Beth Redman, Matt
4 Come Now Is The Time To Worship—Doerksen, Brian
5 Shout To The Lord—Zschech, Darlene
6 Lord I Lift Your Name On High—Founds, Rick
7 Forever—Tomlin, Chris
8 God Of Wonders—Byrd, Marc Hindalong, Steve
9 You Are My King—Foote, Billy
10 How Great Is Our God—Tomlin, Chris Reeves, Jesse Cash, Ed
11 You’re Worthy Of My Praise—Ruis, David
12 Breathe—Barnett, Marie
13 Holy Is The Lord—Tomlin, Chris Giglio, Louie
14 Trading My Sorrows—Evans, Darrell
15 The Heart Of Worship—Redman, Matt
16 You Are My All In All—Jernigan, Dennis
17 We Fall Down—Tomlin, Chris
18 Draw Me Close—Carpenter, Kelly
19 Lord Reign In Me—Brown, Brenton
20 I Give You My Heart—Morgan, Reuben
21 Better Is One Day—Redman, Matt
22 Above All LeBlanc,—Lenny Baloche, Paul
23 I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever—Smith, Martin
24 Hallelujah—Brown, Brenton Doerksen, Brian
25 I Love You Lord—Klein, Laurie
What? No Crowder?!
What’s on your top five list right now? And what are your bottom five worship songs of all time? (Besides “Kumbayah” and “Pass it On")?
Here are the current most-sung worship songs in today's US churches. This list was compiled in February of this year from CCLI reports. Take a look and see if there are some that are new to you. I'd be interested in hearing which songs you love and why (and which songs you don't sing in your church and why). Here's the list...
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Al on Tue, June 20, 2006
#10 “How Great Is Our God” Hands Down!
This is a great worship song. Was thinking the other day as we drove in the car, here we are (my family) all singing along with Casting Crowns. Everyone was enjoying the music and the words are great, I thought how when great it was for our family could come together around some music we all loved!
Blessings,
Al
Al on Tue, June 20, 2006
Jeff,
Just give it some time… look what happened for Kid Rock! http://www.mondaymorninginsight.com/images/smileys/grin.gif
Al
Bice on Tue, June 20, 2006
I respect the things Ed shared about “Above All”, but I have the exact opposite thought. Before Christ went to the cross, it appeared that it was too much for Him to bear and He even prayed that “if it is possible, let this cup pass from me”. But then He said that all important line “yet not My will, but Your will be done”.
I don’t think that the cross was about the redemption of man- I think that that was just the outcome. I think the cross was about God’s glory. God created us to worship Him along with the rest of creation, we made a mess out of life, and Christ paid the penalty of that mess allowing us to return to being the type of worshippers that God desires. My point is that in the end, I believe that God cared that His creation worship Him above all.
I say all of this realizing that I know amazing little about all of these concepts, so I can’t even ascribe 2 cents worth to it.
Brice on Tue, June 20, 2006
Al, I agree that Tomlin’s “How Great Is Our God” is one of the better songs written for the church lately. I’m not one who feels that we need to remove personal pronouns from worship language (you’d have to dismiss the Psalms if you believed that) but I like this song because it so keenly focusses on God’s glory. There’s nothing about us in the song- just God’s grandeur.
Al on Tue, June 20, 2006
Here are a A couple of “old” songs I still love to sing:
“He is good.”
“Oh the glory of his presence”
“Jesus we crown you with praise”
And a real old one written by Charles Wesley:
“Amazing Love” one of the best songs ever written.
Andy McAdams on Tue, June 20, 2006
Hey, they forgot, “Jesus Take the Wheel”. (-: Well…I wish I could to. ENOUGH ALREADY!
Rob G on Wed, June 21, 2006
Just to say that for me, Matt and Beth Redman’s “Blessed be Your name” is one of the key songs in the church today.
I do understand the point, though, about “You give and take away” not necessarily being theologically correct, but rather Job’s heart cry in distress. I heard an excellent Bible teacher make this point - he suggested that a more theologically sound statement would be “You give and you allow to be taken away”. (Just try working that into a song!)
Finally, being English, it was with some pride that I read this list and saw the number of British authors on it. It surprised me to learn that even in America, where we Brits often have the impression that everything is thought to be bigger and better, so many of our songs are being sung.
Rob
Brice on Wed, June 21, 2006
Hey, what “hymns” are you guys still singing regularly?
We sing hymns like “How Great Thou Art”, “All Creatures of our God and King”, “It Is Well with my Soul”, etc.
Rob Grayson on Wed, June 21, 2006
Favourite hymns in the last two to three years in our home church in the UK have been:
- O for a thousand tongues
- Crown Him with many crowns (one of my personal favourites)
- Jesus the name high over all
- How great Thou art (our worship pastor recently put this to a great new melody)
- It is well with my soul
Rob
Bishop I Feel God Brown on Wed, June 21, 2006
UH,,, :::!!!!
We don’t sing ANY of these in our praise and worship.
Obviously, this is a cultural thing. Cause they OBVIOUSLY missed the hood side of town.
Every now and then I hear these at a multicultural meeting when folks want to “get together” and everyone assumes we like ‘em
Don’t get me wrong - they are ok if your beat is 1/3 but just don’t hit it if not.
In Him,
JMb <><
Bishop James ‘I Feel God’ Brown
http://www.1000churches.org
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Todd Rhoades on Wed, June 21, 2006
Wow, Brice… that’s uncanny. We also sing “How Great Thou Art”, “All Creatures of our God and King”, “It Is Well with my Soul” at my church. Weird.
Let me put a vote in for my favorite hymn verse of all time. It’s verse 5 of “Praise the Savior, Ye Who Know Him!”. I used to love to pop this one out and watch people’s faces as they tried to sing it. It goes something like this:
Then we shall be where we would be,
Then we shall be what we should be;
Things that are not now, nor could be,
Soon shall be our own.
Ponder that for a few minutes.
Todd
Jessica D on Wed, June 21, 2006
I love the way our band does Forever by Chris Tomlin. We give it a Ramones kind of vibe. I think it makes a great ending song for two reasons, 1- it’s got great energy and people leave really pumped up on God, and 2- because the lyrics in the chorus are great “take away” words: Forever God is faithful, Forever God is strong, Forever God is with us, Forever.
I’ve just recently been put in charge of my church’s contemporary service so we have slowly been adding in a bunch of really great songs. I have been thinking about adding How Great is Our God, Trading My Sorrows, Blessed Be Your Name, and God of Wonders into the mix. After reading these comments I’m looking forward to seeing how our congregation (who loves to sing) will respond to them.
Sid on Wed, June 21, 2006
Now Bishop James don’t leave us hanging here. Help this white boy out with your list of the top twenty-five songs that move your people in worship. I won’t promise you that I’ll be able to dance to them, but I’ll sure be willing to give them a try in worship.
Peter Hamm on Wed, June 21, 2006
One disturbing thing about the list is… Almost all the songs are more than 3 years old, and some are way more than that. I wonder if congregations get tired of “I Could Sing of Your Love Forever” every month! I’ve seen research somewhere (was it Barna?) that indicated that after about the 7th time a congregation sings a worship chorus, it loses it for them. I’ve been in churches where we absolutely wore songs out completely!
Also, I hope a year or two from now there are some Charlie Hall, David Crowder, and Lincoln Brewster songs on this list. I could sing their songs all day!
Rob G on Wed, June 21, 2006
I would hasten to point out that old hymns don’t have to be sung in an old-fashioned way. Whenever we do any of these, we do them with a contemporary rhythm and feel. Thus they are made accessible to modern people who might otherwise miss out on the riches they have to offer.
I have to say that, at the side of some of the great hymns, some of our modern-day worship offerings look incredibly lightweight by comparison. There is a depth of theological truth which many people find inspiring.
Another one that springs to mind that we’ve done very successfully is “Be Thou my vision”.
Rob
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