In my email today came the regular newsletter from CCLI, the organization/licensing group that allows churchs to reproduce the lyrics to most (but not all!) of the Christian songs today. This issue highlighted the top 25 songs reported by the churches who were in a reporting period from October 2010 to March 2011 (they use these numbers to pay out royalties to the writers of the songs). Now I have HUGE issues with how the reporting is accomplished, and what constitutes a count, but anyway, I like to scan the list from time to time to see what’s being sung.
The full list can be found here but this is the list…
| Rank | Song Title | Author/s | CCLI# |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How Great Is Our God | Tomlin, Chris\Reeves, Jesse\Cash, Ed | 4348399 |
| 2 | Mighty To Save | Fielding, Ben\Morgan, Reuben | 4591782 |
| 3 | Our God | Redman, Matt\Tomlin, Chris\Myrin, Jonas\Reeves, Jesse | 5677416 |
| 4 | Blessed Be Your Name | Redman, Beth\Redman, Matt | 3798438 |
| 5 | Here I Am To Worship | Hughes, Tim | 3266032 |
| 6 | Revelation Song | Riddle, Jennie Lee | 4447960 |
| 7 | Everlasting God | Brown, Brenton\Riley, Ken | 4556538 |
| 8 | Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) | Tomlin, Chris\Giglio, Louie\Newton, John | 4768151 |
| 9 | Jesus Messiah | Tomlin, Chris\Carson, Daniel\Reeves, Jesse\Cash, Ed | 5183443 |
| 10 | Your Grace Is Enough | Maher, Matt | 4477026 |
| 11 | Forever | Tomlin, Chris | 3148428 |
| 12 | Open The Eyes Of My Heart | Baloche, Paul | 2298355 |
| 13 | In Christ Alone | Townend, Stuart\Getty, Keith | 3350395 |
| 14 | Holy Is The Lord | Tomlin, Chris\Giglio, Louie | 4158039 |
| 15 | Shout To The Lord | Zschech, Darlene | 1406918 |
| 16 | How He Loves | McMillan, John Mark | 5032549 |
| 17 | You Are My King (Amazing Love) | Foote, Billy | 2456623 |
| 18 | Come Now Is The Time To Worship | Doerksen, Brian | 2430948 |
| 19 | From The Inside Out | Houston, Joel | 4705176 |
| 20 | Hosanna | Fraser, Brooke | 4785835 |
| 21 | Glory To God Forever | Fee, Steve\Beeching, Vicky | 5384338 |
| 22 | Lord I Lift Your Name On High | Founds, Rick | 117947 |
| 23 | Hosanna (Praise Is Rising) | Baloche, Paul\Brown, Brenton | 4662491 |
| 24 | The Stand | Houston, Joel | 4705248 |
| 25 | We Fall Down | Tomlin, Chris | 2437367 |
I think it’s really neat that only two songs (the ones in bold) are songs that I’ve not played in church (and not because I didn’t want to; just didn’t have the time or opportunity.
Anyway…
TTFN
Can’t place #21, either.
Looking at the lists from other countries is also interesting. I like to use some of the songs in the UK Top 25 list.