Build My Life was the most popular worship song in churches over the past three years, according to new Faithlife Proclaim data, which also showed Hillsong had two songs in the Top 5.
Build My Life was co-written by Housefires’ Pat Barrett and features Chris Tomlin on vocals. It was nominated for the Worship Song of the Year for this year’s GMA Dove Awards in October.
Faithlife Proclaim is a church presentation software from Faithlife, the creators of the Logos Bible Software. The company compiled data from Proclaim users from the past three years.
The second-most popular worship song in churches during the last three years was Hillsong’s What a Beautiful Name, followed by Hillsong’s Who You Say I Am, Tomlin’s How Great is Our God and Matt Redman’s 10,000 Reasons.
Although worship songs are the most popular songs by Proclaim users, hymns remain widely used, too. The most popular hymns were How Great Thou Art, Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flowand Amazing Grace.
Hark The Herald Angels Singwas the most popular Christmas hymn, whileHosanna and Christ the Lord is Risen Today were the most popular songs around Easter.
The Proclaim data also revealed Chris Tomlin’s Good, Good Father was played in more than 700 churches on Father’s Day this year, even though it’s typically sung in fewer than 200 churches most Sundays.
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