The 25 Most Sung Worship Songs in American Churches
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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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Brice on Wed, June 21, 2006
Rob-
I agree wholeheartedly. Often times I will add a new chorus or bridge to a hymn just to give it new life. It helps us rethink the words we’ve sung hundreds of times before and find new meaning to those trusted lyrics.
Some of the other hymns that I’ve found particularly meaningful lately are “Jesus Paid It All”, “My Saviour’s Love”, and “The Solid Rock”.
Todd, do you do any of those in your church?
Todd Rhoades on Wed, June 21, 2006
Brice,
Why, yes we do as a matter of fact; with an occasional “I’ll Fly Away” during our first service. (You’ve gotta have a kickin’ piano player to pull that one off).
Todd
Jeff on Wed, June 21, 2006
Hey, I’m still waiting for the Bishop’s list… does it include the new urban classics like:
“So Easy, Easy to Love”
“Right Now”
“Stand Up”
Or is it more old school?
Being from rural America now, I am very aware of the way our top 25’s always reflect the “commercial” sponsors of the list, what is playing in the hood?
chris on Wed, June 21, 2006
Top 3:
How Great is Our God - Redman
Holy is the Lord God Almighty - Tomlin
Complete - Parachute Band
Bottom 3:
Shout to the Lord - Played Out
I Could Sing of Your Love Forever - Sometimes I’m afraid we’re going to sing the same 7 words forever.
Shout to the North - It makes me seasick.
To some of the theological points: Thought I’m not a fan of the song, I don’t have any problem being a good Baptist and singing “I feel like dancing.” David danced, Miriam danced. And anyway, I’m not dancing - just saying I _feel_ like dancing. And as far as God giving and taking away, I think that’s a thoroughly theological concept even apart from Job. As a sovreign God, He has the right to both give and take away, and has excercised that right in more than just Job’s instance. He gave David a child and took it away. He gave Abraham a son and asked Abraham to give the son away, and then gave the son back. He gave me 25 years of excellent health and then took it away. That’s His prerogative as God. My responsibility is to praise Him regardless of what he gives or takes away in my life.
CruciformMe on Wed, June 21, 2006
Hmm…
About “Blessed Be the Name of the Lord:” I think we need to look at the purpose of Job before we throw out the theological correctness of ‘s statement, “you give and take away.” No, that phrase probably does not encapsulate the mind and action of God. However, I think we are being shown how to deal with loss. The church today is not comfortable with lament, but it is shown several times, not only in Job, but in the Psalms and other books as well.
Sometimes the world around us seems totally absent of the work and presence of God, and we look up for answers. All that Job is saying is that he is blessing God’s name, even without a good reason to do so at the moment. Maybe you’re not comfortable with saying that God is responsible for “taking away,” but it is shown throughout scripture that we can question, accuse, and shout at God, and it is OK. Eventually, we can come to trust in God, anyway.
Expressing trust in God when everything in the world seems askew, now that is praise that the rest of us can offer!
JHPW on Thu, June 22, 2006
My favorite old hymn is ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’. I think it’s one of a select few that are timeless. When sung in combination with other more recent songs about God’s holiness, it really has an impact, and focuses my thoughts on God’s glory.
utech on Thu, June 22, 2006
Well 4 of the CCLI top 25 are on our top 30. Speaking of Crowder, 10 of our top 30 are Crowder songs.
BBYN has meant a lot to me personally ever since I heard it for the first time but it is no longer on our list, can we say over done. Speaking of overdone, most of the songs on this 25 list have been “banned” simply because they were driven into the ground, maybe more churches should be in the practice of retiring songs and looking for something fresh. Some of the old hymns set to new tunes or styles have worked quite well, “My Hope is Built” is great to the tune of “Yellow” by Coldplay!
I hope next year we will see some Crowder in the list and maybe some Robbie Seay.
Jessica D on Thu, June 22, 2006
Rob- you mentioned “Be Thou My Vision” as a good hymn. I agree. All we did to update it was play the hymn in 4/4 time (as opposed to the original 3/4.) When we’ve done that in the past, the congregation was able to pick up on the change pretty quickly, especially if you go through one verse as an instrumental first.
Jeff M. Miller on Thu, June 22, 2006
Don’t forget, everyone, that this is a list of songs compiled by those who have a CCLI license and were in a reporting period during that month. I really has nothing to do with CD sales, but reported photocopies, lyric projection, etc.
If there is some sort of disparity between urban/suburban/rural, blame it on the reporting. There are probably more suburban churches who reported than urban and rural. If a church is in a situation like mine where we blend the aforementioned songs with traditional hymns, the hymns won’t show up since they are mostly in the public domain.
All this comes down to is that these are the most used songs for those churches who reported that month. I’m sure most of you already knew all this, but I just felt like typing out loud. If the “hood” side of town is being missed, blame it on the reporting. It’s just a reflection of the numbers.
Camey on Thu, June 22, 2006
Chris, To some I actually do “dance” while singing that verse. I even raise my hands. Why do I share this with you? For as you said, “My responsibility is to praise Him regardless of what he gives or takes away in my life.” For many years I was ill with a form of Muscular Dystrophy. While I was paralyzed from the neck down, He spoke to the depths of my very being about worship and praise. That no matter whether or not I could ever feed myself again or even wiggle my toes, I was to continue to praise Him. To truly worship Him for who is He regardless of my level of comfort. I learned to give thanks in all circumstances. I am thankful for those years. In 2003, I was completely healed. I’m actually in the best health of my life now at 38. For all those years that I cared about being a “good” Baptist, my personal relationship with Christ took a major backseat. Maybe that’s why the song, “Undone” by Mercy Me resonates within and from without me. As does “It Is Well With My Soul.”
I do not know what you have going on physically. The Great Physician only knows for sure. Keep on praising Him. For He is the only one worth having our hope in.
Keep singing,
Camey
Chris on Thu, June 22, 2006
Camey,
Thanks for your encouragement. I was totally joking about the dancing thing. To my baptist friends who have a problem with that song, I’m saying that the song doesn’t mean you have to dance - it’s just reflecting a “desire” to dance. that doesn’t break any baptist rules!
Another Jeff on Thu, June 22, 2006
I really enjoy most of these songs. “Here I Am to Worship” is right up there as is “You Are My King.” I hate to be a dissenting voice, but as good as “Blessed Be Your Name” is, I’m pretty burned out on it. Our church sings it to death! Although I’ve not been to a church that has sung it, I really love “It Is You” by the Newsboys. When I hear that on the radio or the CD player, I have a great worship experience!
KC on Mon, June 26, 2006
“...bottom five worship songs of all time?” Anything that is sung over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again (ad nauseam). The list would also include anything that is sung that is lacking in theological content.
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Danny on Mon, June 26, 2006
Who is still singing “Lord, I Lift Your Name on High”? It blows my mind that it is still in the top 10! Don’t think I’ve played or sung that since 1997. (Sorry Rick)
FMJ on Mon, June 26, 2006
The problem with most contemporary praise music is that it is just too simple! The lyrics are very simplistic and repetitive, the chord structures are usually comprised of about 3 or 4 chords and are written for the beginning guitarist. For the professionally trained musician, they are all extremely dull and repetitive. The hymns of the church are being replaced with these mindless, uncreative tunes that will never stand the test of time. The hymns of the Reformation and the Baroque period have lasted hundreds of years for a reason. They have breadth and depth.
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