A Thousand Hallelujahs

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My husband and I went down to our friend, Phil Wickham, who lives just about an hour down the road from us. And we were writing in the church that Phil goes to, which is like this old little church hall in Southern California. We were sitting in the church hall with the keyboards and the guitars, and there's just this beautiful, empty hall, and kind of started talking about all the generations of people who had worshiped in this church. We were just were so inspired by the generational nature of the Church of Jesus. And we started talking about the thousands of hallelujahs that had been sung in that room.

Composition

"A Thousand Hallelujahs" is composed in the key of D♭ with a tempo of 68 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 4
4. [7]

Reception

Critical response

Reviewing for 365 Days of Inspiring Media, Jonathan Andre gave a positive review of the song, saying "A passionate declaration of our allegiance to Christ, it's a perfect representation of a 'modern hymn', a worship song for the church that has become a joy to listen to (and sing along with)." [8] Gerod Bass of Worship Musician magazine wrote in his review: "Congregationally friendly and vertically focused, this tune will be sung in churches all over the world and your church should definitely add this one to your Sunday setlist." [9] Timothy Yap of JubileeCast described the song as having "a congregational affinity", concluding that "Featuring a memorable chorus with a melody that invites you to worship, "A Thousand Hallelujahs" ranks high up there with Hillsong's classics such as "What a Beautiful Name" and "Who You Say I Am."" [10]

Accolades

"A Thousand Hallelujahs"
A Thousand Hallelujahs - Brooke Ligertwood.jpg
Single by Brooke Ligertwood
from the album Seven
Released14 January 2022 (2022-01-14)
Recorded11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)
VenueThe Belonging Co, Nashville, Tennessee, US
Genre Contemporary worship music
Length5:09
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Brooke Ligertwood singles chronology
"Therapy"
(2016)		"A Thousand Hallelujahs"
(2022)		"Honey in the Rock"
(2022)
Alternative cover
A Thousand Hallelujahs (EP) - Brooke Ligertwood.jpg
EP cover
Year-end lists
PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
JubileeCastBest Christian Songs of 20227

Commercial performance

"A Thousand Hallelujahs" debuted at number 44 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated 29 January 2022, [12] concurrently charting at number six on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart. [13]

Music videos

On 14 January 2022, Brooke Ligertwood released the live performance video of "A Thousand Hallelujahs" via YouTube. [14] The live performance video was recorded on 11 November 2021, at The Belonging Co, a church in Nashville, Tennessee. [15] Ligertwood published the lyric video of the song via YouTube on 20 January 2022. [16] The official acoustic performance video of the song was availed on 28 January 2022, through YouTube. [17]

Track listing

"A Thousand Hallelujahs" [18] [19]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."A Thousand Hallelujahs"
5:09
"A Thousand Hallelujahs" — Apple Music bonus video content [20]
No.TitleLength
2."A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Live in Nashville, TN/2021)5:11
Total length:10:20
"A Thousand Hallelujahs" — EP [21]
No.TitleLength
1."A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Radio Version)3:42
2."A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Live)5:09
3."A Thousand Hallelujahs" (with Passion; Live from Passion 2022)5:10
4."A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Acoustic)5:10
5."A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Live in Nashville, TN/2021; Music video)5:11
Total length:24:23

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. [3]

Charts

Chart performance for "A Thousand Hallelujahs"
Charts (2022)Peak
position
New Zealand Hot NZ Singles (RMNZ) [22] 8
US Christian Songs ( Billboard ) [23] 44
US Christian Airplay ( Billboard ) [24] 33

Release history

Release dates and formats for "A Thousand Hallelujahs"
RegionDateVersionFormatLabelRef.
Various14 January 2022Live
10 February 2023 EP
United StatesRadio Christian radio

Other versions

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