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"A Thousand Hallelujahs" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter Brooke Ligertwood. It was released as the lead single from her first live album, Seven (2022), on 14 January 2022.[1] Brooke Ligertwood co-wrote the song with Phil Wickham and Scott Ligertwood.[2] The single was produced by Brooke Ligertwood and Jason Ingram.[3]

"A Thousand Hallelujahs"
Single by Brooke Ligertwood
from the album Seven
Released	14 January 2022 (2022-01-14)
Recorded	11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)
Venue	The Belonging Co, Nashville, Tennessee, US
Genre	Contemporary worship music
Length	5:09
Label	Sparrow Capitol CMG
Songwriter(s)	Brooke Ligertwood Phil Wickham Scott Ligertwood
Producer(s)	Brooke Ligertwood Jason Ingram
Brooke Ligertwood singles chronology
"Therapy" (2016) "A Thousand Hallelujahs" (2022) "Honey in the Rock" (2022)
Music videos
"A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Acoustic) on YouTube
"A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Live) on YouTube
"A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Lyrics) on YouTube

"A Thousand Hallelujahs" peaked at number 44 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart.

Background

Brooke Ligertwood announced that she would releasing "A Thousand Hallelujahs" as the first single from her live album, Seven (2022), on 14 January 2022.[4] A Thousand Hallelujahs" was released on 14 January 2022, accompanied with its live music video.[5] Ligertwood shared the story behind the song,[6] saying:

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]

Commercial performance

"A Thousand Hallelujahs" debuted at number 44 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated 29 January 2022,[8] concurrently charting at number six on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart.[9]

Music videos

On 14 January 2022, Brooke Ligertwood released the live performance video of "A Thousand Hallelujahs" via YouTube.[10] The live performance video was recorded on 11 November 2021, at The Belonging Co, a church in Nashville, Tennessee.[11] Ligertwood published the lyric video of the song via YouTube on 20 January 2022.[12] The official acoustic performance video of the song was availed on 28 January 2022, through YouTube.[13]

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.[3]

Charts

Chart performance for "A Thousand Hallelujahs"

Charts (2022)	Peak position
New Zealand Hot NZ Singles (RMNZ)[17]	8
US Christian Songs (Billboard)[18]	44

Release history

Release dates and formats for "A Thousand Hallelujahs"

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	January 14, 2022	Digital download streaming	Sparrow Capitol CMG	[14][15][16]

Other versions

• Passion released a version of the song freaturing Brooke Ligertwood on their live album, Burn Bright (2022).[19]

References

External links

• Lyrics and chords for the song on PraiseCharts

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