Fresh Wind

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"Fresh Wind"
Fresh Wind by Hillsong Worship (Official Single Cover).png
Single by Hillsong Worship
Released22 January 2021 (2021-01-22)
Genre Contemporary worship music [1]
Length4:33
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Hillsong Worship singles chronology
"Awake My Soul"
(2020)		"Fresh Wind"
(2021)		"Hope of the Ages"
(2021)
Music video
"Fresh Wind" (Lyrics) on YouTube

"Fresh Wind" is a song performed by Australian praise and worship group Hillsong Worship. It was released as a single from their upcoming album on 22 January 2021. [2] The song was written by Ben Fielding, Brooke Ligertwood, David Ware, and Matt Crocker. [3] Michael Guy Chislett and Brooke Ligertwood handled the production of the single.

Contents

"Fresh Wind" peaked at No. 23 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart. [4]

Background

On 22 January 2021, Hillsong Worship released "Fresh Wind" as a single. [5] The song features Brooke Ligertwood and David Ware as lead vocalists. [6] Brooke Ligertwood shared the story behind the song in an interview with NewReleaseToday, [7] saying:

Every February, our senior pastor brings vision and visionary language that frames our year. Last year, it was "wind of the Spirit, the fragrance of heaven." The weekend that our pastor started teaching from that framework, David Ware was leading worship. In rehearsal for service, he started spontaneously singing the section that's now the song's chorus. And, they performed it at the church service that evening. The rest of the song was wrestled throughout the remainder of the year. Some songs came quickly, others were labored over, prayed through, and came with no small amount of discomfort. This is the latter for sure. I think it needed to be this way so that the prayer could get in our spirits before it went beyond our own backyard. And, God being sovereign, I believe the song was ready right on time.

Composition

"Fresh Wind" is composed in the key of C with a tempo of 63 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 4
4. [8]

Commercial performance

"Fresh Wind" debuted at number 23 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated 6 February 2021, [9] concurrently debuting at number 12 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart that same week. [10]

Music videos

Hillsong Worship released the audio video of "Fresh Wind", showcasing the single's artwork on YouTube on 22 January 2021. [11] On 2 February 2021, the lyric video of the song was published by Hillsong Worship on their YouTube channel. [12]

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [13]

Charts

Chart (2021)Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (Recorded Music NZ) [14] 20
US Christian Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 23

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various22 January 2021 [15]

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  2. ↑ Clarks, Jessie (22 January 2021). "Hillsong Worship Debuts Timely New Single "Fresh Wind"". The Christian Beat. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Fresh Wind | Chords, Lyrics and Sheet Music | SongSelect®". SongSelect. CCLI. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Hillsong Worship Chart History (Hot Christian Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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