2010 Worship Song Analytics – a year in review

Here’s a look back at some worship stats for my band and church (Life Connection Church) for 2010. It was an incredible year that saw not only new songs, but a new band, Green House form and lead worship.

Top 5 worship songs played in 2010

1. (13) Burning Ones – Jesus Culture (loop available)
2. (11) Jesus Paid It All – Elvina Hall (Chad Gardner arr.) (loop available)
3. (9) Prayer For Faith – Joe Day
4. 8 plays (3 way tie)
   1. Gloria 34 – Taylor Sorensen (loop available)
   2. How Deep the Father’s Love – Stuart Townend (Chad Gardner arr.)
   3. The Solid Rock – Edward Mote (E-pop arr.) (loop available)
5. 7 plays (3 way tie)
   1. God of This City – Bluetree (loop available)
   2. Jesus Name – Ryan Delmore
   3. We Will Run – Gungor

Top 5  Rotation Increases from 2009

1. +11 plays (2 way tie)
   1. Burning Ones – Jesus Culture (loop available)
   2. Jesus Paid It All – Elvina Hall (Chad Gardner arr.) (loop available)
2. (+9) Prayer For Faith – Joe Day
3. (+8) How Deep the Father’s Love – Stuart Townend (Chad Gardner arr.)
4. (+7) We Will Run – Gungor
5. (+6) Nothing But the Blood – Robert Lowry (Page CXVI arr.)

With the exception of Burning Ones, all of the above songs were introduced in 2010.

Top 5 Rotation Drop offs from 2009

1. -8 plays (2 way tie)
   1. Hosanna – Hillsong United (loop available) (1 play in 2010)
   2. Lead Me to the Cross – Hillsong United (loop available) (1 play in 2010)
2. -7 plays (2 way tie)
   1. With Everything – Hillsong (loop available) (4 plays in 2010)
   2. True Love – Phil Wickham (loop available) (3 plays in 2010)
3. -6 plays (2 way tie)
   1. Everlasting God – New Life (loop available) (1 play in 2010)
   2. Rain Down – Delirious (1 play in 2010)
4. -5 plays (2 way tie)
   1. Gloria 34 – Taylor Sorensen (loop available) (8 plays in 2010)
   2. How I Live – Kyle Campos (1 play in 2010)
5. -4 plays (2 way tie)
   1. The World Can't Take It Away – Ryan Delmore (6 plays in 2010)
   2. We Cry Out – Kim Walker (loop available) (3 plays in 2010)

This was the year of Hillsong dumping it appears.

New Songs Introduced

• Jesus Paid It All – Elvina Hall (Chad Gardner arr.) (loop available)
• Prayer For Faith – Joe Day
• How Deep the Father’s Love – Stuart Townend (Chad Gardner arr.)
• We Will Run – Gungor
• Nothing But the Blood - Robert Lowry (Page CXVI arr.)
• How Great Thou Art – Carl Boberg (Ascend the Hill arr.)
• Led to the Slaughter – Red Letter
• Love of God – Ryan Delmore
• Poison Tree – Ghost Ship
• All God’s Children – Delirious (loop available)
• In Christ Alone – Getty/Townend (link to Page CXVI arrangement) (loop available)
• The Great God – Kyle Campos
• At the Foot of the Cross – Joe Day

“New” is a bit of a misnomer here. Some of these are of course old hymns but to our mostly young and/or newly saved congregation, hymns are brand new. Of course the arrangements we do are quite different than traditional hymn arrangements.

Songs Dropped from Rotation

• Broken Me Loose – Kyle Campos
• I Will Trust You – Chris Lizotte
• Ready Now – Desperation Band (loop available)
• So Near – Vineyard UK (loop available)
• Solid Rock – Delirious (loop available)
• Where You Go I’ll Go – Brian and Jenn Johnson (loop available)
• Lamb of God – Sarah Reeves
• Sing or the Rocks Will Get To – Taylor Sorensen
• All I Need is You – Hillsong United
• Everything – Tim Hughes (loop available)
• Majesty – Delirious
• Sweetly Broken – Jeremy Riddle

Would love to hear from some other worship leaders on what songs they played in 2010. Either drop a comment with some of your top songs, or better yet, create a blog post in the same format, link back here and then drop a link to your post in the comments. That would be more fun.

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