Great Things (Phil Wickham song)

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The song "Great Things" was born out of necessity; I had been leading worship regularly at a church called Harvest Christian Fellowship for about 2 years and I found that we really needed more upbeat worship songs that were easy to catch on but still had something special and rich in them to start our services. I sat down over the next couple of weeks and started pouring over scripture and came upon this idea of people in the bible worshiping God as a God who does great things and I thought what a great title for a song full of praise and celebration. With that anchor, I homed in on how He has rescued us from death and conquered the grave. He breaks through the chains that we have to this world and all that comes with that and turns it into a life of freedom.

The song was released to Christian radio on December 26, 2019. [2]

Composition

"Great Things" is a corporate worship song, [5] composed in the key of B Major with a tempo of 124 beats per minute. [7] Wickham's vocal range spans from B4 to F♯5. [8]

Music videos

The lyric video of "Great Things" was published on Phil Wickham's YouTube channel on June 12, 2018. [9] The live performance video for the "Great Things // King of My Heart" House Sessions rendition was released on January 18, 2019, to YouTube. [10] On May 6, 2019, the Singalong 4 live performance video of the song was availed on YouTube. [11]

Accolades

"Great Things"
Great Things - Phil Wickham (Official Single Cover).png
Single by Phil Wickham
from the album Living Hope
ReleasedJune 1, 2018 (2018-06-01)
Recorded2018
Genre Contemporary worship music
Length4:50
Label Fair Trade Services
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jonathan Smith
Phil Wickham singles chronology
"Till I Found You"
(2018)		"Great Things"
(2018)		"You Cannot Be Stopped"
(2019)
Music videos
"Great Things" (Lyrics) on YouTube
Awards
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef
2020 GMA Dove Awards Worship Recorded Song of the YearNominated [12]

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousJune 1, 2018 Fair Trade Services [18]
United StatesDecember 26, 2019 Christian radio [2]

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