How Great Is Our God

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"How Great Is Our God"
Single by Chris Tomlin
from the album Arriving
Released2006
Genre Contemporary worship music
Length4:26
Label sixsteps/Sparrow
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ed Cash

"How Great Is Our God" is a song written by Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves and Ed Cash. It was originally featured on Tomlin's album Arriving , that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. It is also featured live on Tomlin's Live from Austin Music Hall album. As of November 2014, it was the fifth most popular worship song, according to CCLI's top 25 worship songs chart. [1] It also reached No. 1 on Christian Music Weekly's 20 The Countdown Magazine's Top 20 Worship Songs Chart. [ citation needed ]The song won Song of the Year and Worship Song of the Year at the 2006 GMA Dove Awards, and Worship Song of the Year again at the 2008 GMA Dove Awards. [2]

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In 2009, gospel/jazz keyboardist Ben Tankard, presented his instrumental rendition of the song from Tankard's No. 1 charting album, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy. [3] [4]

At Passion 2012, Tomlin performed a new edition of this song called "How Great Is Our God: World Edition". This new version included the original lyrics sung in several different languages: English, Hindi, Indonesian, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Zulu, Afrikaans and Mandarin. [5] It is the first track of his Chris Tomlin: The Essential Collection album. [6]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [10] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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