10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)

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"10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)"
Single by Matt Redman
from the album 10,000 Reasons
Released24 May 2012
Genre Worship, contemporary Christian music
Length4:22
Label sixsteps, Sparrow
Songwriter(s) Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman
Music video
"10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)" on YouTube

"10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)" is a song by the English worship singer-songwriter Matt Redman from his tenth album of the same name (2011). He wrote it with the Swedish singer Jonas Myrin. [1] The track was subsequently included on a number of compilations, covered by other artists and included as congregational worship music in English or in translation around the world. In 2013, the song won two Grammy Awards for "Best Contemporary Christian Music Song" and "Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance". After the song's success and impact, Redman also published a book: 10,000 Reasons: Stories of Faith, Hope, and Thankfulness Inspired by the Worship Anthem.

Contents

Context

The song is a contemporary version of a classic worship song making the case for "10,000 reasons for my heart to find" to praise God. The inspiration for the song came through the opening verse of Psalm 103: "Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name". It is also based on the 19th century English hymn "Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven" written by Henry Francis Lyte.

Redman recalled the writing of the song was through an initial idea or suggestion from co-writer Jonas Myrin. Redman told Worship Leader magazine: "He [Myrin] played me an idea for some of the chorus melody, and I found it immediately inspiring. In fact, it felt like a perfect fit for a song based on the opening of Psalm 103. The song came together really quickly – a good chunk of the song was actually a spontaneous moment", [2] adding that the song reiterates how "we live beneath an unceasing flow of goodness, kindness, greatness, and holiness, and every day we're given reason after reason why the Lord is so completely and utterly worthy of our highest and best devotion". [2]

The song enumerates various attributes of the love of God for mankind that makes him worthy of "praise unending", worship for "ten thousand years and then forevermore". The song uses these attributes: God's holiness, lovingkindness, slowness to anger, kind heart, His goodness and His great name. [3] The "10,000 Reasons" concept is used in two citations in the song: First in the lyrics "Your name is great and Your heart is kind / For all Your goodness, I will keep on singing / Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find" and the second at the lyrics: "And on that day when my strength is failing / The end draws near and my time has come / Still, my soul will sing Your praise unending / Ten thousand years and then forevermore".

The refrain says: [4]

Bless the Lord, O my soul,
O my soul, worship his holy name.
Sing like never before, O my soul.
I'll worship your holy name.

Music video

A music video was filmed in a church setting in Berlin, Germany. The black and white video, filmed by Andy Hutch of Yodo Creative in 2012, shows Redman singing and playing the guitar accompanied by an acoustic music band and a number of backing vocalists.

Charts

"10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)" was released in 2012 as a single and spent 16 weeks at the top spot on Christian Radio and remained No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Songs Chart for 13 weeks [5] and was certified gold. The album containing the song as its title track peaked in its own right on the US Christian Album chart at No. 1. [6] [7] and No. 149 on the UK charts.

Weekly charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [8] 3
US Christian Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 1
US Christian Airplay ( Billboard ) [10] 1
US Heatseekers Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 11

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010s)Position
US Christian Songs (Billboard) [12] 6

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [13] 2× Platinum2,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Awards

YearOrganizationAwardResultRef.
2013 Grammy Award Best Contemporary Christian Music Song Won [14]
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance Won [14]
Gospel Music Association Song of the YearWon [15]
Contemporary Christian Performance of the YearWon [15]
Dove Award Song of the YearWon [16]
Contemporary Christian Performance of the YearWon [16]
Pop Contemporary SongWon [16]

Covers

The song has been covered by a number of artists and bands including:

At Passion 2014 in Houston, it was sung by the song's co-writer Matt Redman [22] and Passion 2015 Houston featuring vocals from Chris Tomlin, Brett Younker and Kristian Stanfill. [23]

Parts of the song was incorporated by rapper KB as part of his track, "10k", on his 2020 album His Glory Alone . [24] It peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.

The song has been translated into a number of languages. It was recorded in Spanish as "Diez Mil Razones (10,000 Reasons)" by Evan Craft in an acoustic version in his 2012 album Yo Soy Segundo. [25] [26] and in German as "Zehntausend Gründe" ("10,000 Gründe") by the German Christian band Outbreakband and recorded on their album Das ist unser Gott, a live album performed at the Glaubenszentrum Bad Gandersheim.[ citation needed ]

The book

Cover of 10,000 Reasons: Stories of Faith, Hope, and Thankfulness Inspired by the Worship Anthem 10,000-Reasons-Book-Cover.jpg
Cover of 10,000 Reasons: Stories of Faith, Hope, and Thankfulness Inspired by the Worship Anthem

Matt Redman co-authored with Craig Borlase the book 10,000 Reasons (full title 10,000 Reasons: Stories of Faith, Hope, and Thankfulness Inspired by the Worship Anthem). In the 176-page book published in 2017 by David C Cook Publishing Company, and a foreword written by Christian author Max Lucado, Redman shares details behind the song's creation and explores the influences and experiences the song generated with many vivid examples of inspiring stories, experiences and testimonies by individuals in their greatest time of need. [27]

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