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"A Thousand Hallelujahs"
"A Thousand Hallelujahs"
Single by Brooke Ligertwood
from the album Seven
Released	14 January 2022
Recorded	11 November 2021
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
Alternative cover
	EP cover
Music videos
	"A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Acoustic) on YouTube
	"A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Live) on YouTube
	"A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Lyrics) on YouTube

"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" 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]

Reception

Critical response

Reviewing for 365 Days of Inspiring Media, Jonathan Andre gave a positive review of the song, saying "A passionate declaration of our allegiance to Christ, it's a perfect representation of a 'modern hymn', a worship song for the church that has become a joy to listen to (and sing along with)."^[8] Gerod Bass of Worship Musician magazine wrote in his review: "Congregationally friendly and vertically focused, this tune will be sung in churches all over the world and your church should definitely add this one to your Sunday setlist."^[9] Timothy Yap of JubileeCast described the song as having "a congregational affinity", concluding that "Featuring a memorable chorus with a melody that invites you to worship, "A Thousand Hallelujahs" ranks high up there with Hillsong's classics such as "What a Beautiful Name" and "Who You Say I Am.""^[10]

Accolades

Year-end lists
Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
JubileeCast	Best Christian Songs of 2022	7	^[11]

Commercial performance

"A Thousand Hallelujahs" debuted at number 44 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated 29 January 2022,^[12] concurrently charting at number six on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart.^[13]

Music videos

On 14 January 2022, Brooke Ligertwood released the live performance video of "A Thousand Hallelujahs" via YouTube.^[14] The live performance video was recorded on 11 November 2021, at The Belonging Co, a church in Nashville, Tennessee.^[15] Ligertwood published the lyric video of the song via YouTube on 20 January 2022.^[16] The official acoustic performance video of the song was availed on 28 January 2022, through YouTube.^[17]

Track listing

"A Thousand Hallelujahs"^[18]^[19]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"A Thousand Hallelujahs"	Brooke Ligertwood Phil Wickham Scott Ligertwood	Brooke Ligertwood Jason Ingram	5:09

"A Thousand Hallelujahs" — Apple Music bonus video content^[20]
No.	Title	Length
2.	"A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Live in Nashville, TN/2021)	5:11
Total length:		10:20

"A Thousand Hallelujahs" — EP^[21]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Radio Version)	3:42
2.	"A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Live)	5:09
3.	"A Thousand Hallelujahs" (with Passion; Live from Passion 2022)	5:10
4.	"A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Acoustic)	5:10
5.	"A Thousand Hallelujahs" (Live in Nashville, TN/2021; Music video)	5:11
Total length:		24:23

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.^[3]

Jonathan Baines — vocals
Lorenzo Baylor — vocals
Natalie Brown — vocals
Jonathan Buffum — engineer
Cassie Campbell — bass
Angelique Carter — vocals
Tamar Chipp — vocals
David Dennis — vocals
Emily Douglas — vocals
Jackson Dreyer — vocals
Katelyn Drye — vocals
E. Edwards — guitar
Enaka Enyong — vocals
David Funk — keyboards, programmer
Sarah Gerald — vocals
Sam Gibson — mixing
Olivia Grasso — vocals
Cecily Hennigan — vocals
Jason Ingram — engineer, producer, programmer
Nicole Johnson — vocals
Benji Kurokose — vocals
Shantrice Laura — vocals
Drew Lavyne — mastering engineer
Jenna Lee — vocals
Jonathan Lee — guitar
Brooke Ligertwood — guitar, keyboards, primary artist, producer, vocals
Allison Marin — strings
Antonio Marin — strings
Daniella Mason — choir arrangement
Daniel McMurray — drums
Jonathan Mix — engineer
Noah Moreno — vocals
Brecken Myers — vocals
Angela Nasby — vocals
Jordyn Pierce — vocals
Marci Pruzina — vocals
Christine Rhee — vocals
Emily Ruff — vocals
Rylee Scott — vocals
Zack Smith — vocals
Cheryl Stark — vocals
Keithon Stribling — vocals
Dylan Thomas — guitar
Bobby Valderrama — vocals
Bria Valderrama — vocals
Robby Valderrama — vocals
John Wilds — vocals
Mitch Wong — vocals
Steph Wong — vocals

Charts

Chart performance for "A Thousand Hallelujahs"
Charts (2022)	Peak position
New Zealand Hot NZ Singles (RMNZ)^[22]	8
US Christian Songs (Billboard)^[23]	44
US Christian Airplay (Billboard)^[24]	33

Release history

Release dates and formats for "A Thousand Hallelujahs"
Region	Date	Version	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	14 January 2022	Live	Digital download streaming	Sparrow Capitol CMG	^[18]
Various	10 February 2023	EP	Digital download streaming		^[21]
United States	10 February 2023	Radio	Christian radio		^[25]