How Great Is Our God - Wikipedia

2006 single by Chris Tomlin

"How Great Is Our God"
Single by Chris Tomlin
from the album Arriving
Released	2006
Genre	Contemporary worship music
Length	4:26
Label	sixsteps/Sparrow
Songwriters	Chris Tomlin Jesse Reeves Ed Cash
Producer	Ed Cash

"How Great Is Our God" is a song written by Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves and Ed Cash. It was originally featured on Tomlin's album Arriving, that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. It is also featured live on Tomlin's Live from Austin Music Hall album. As of November 2014, it was the fifth most popular worship song, according to CCLI's top 25 worship songs chart.[1] It also reached No. 1 on Christian Music Weekly's 20 The Countdown Magazine's Top 20 Worship Songs Chart. [citation needed] The song won the Dove Award for Song of the Year and Worship Song of the Year at the 2006 GMA Dove Awards, and Worship Song of the Year again at the 2008 GMA Dove Awards.[2]

In 2009, gospel/jazz keyboardist Ben Tankard, presented his instrumental rendition of the song from Tankard's No. 1 charting album, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy.[3][4]

At Passion 2012, Tomlin performed a new edition of this song called "How Great Is Our God: World Edition". This new version included the original lyrics sung in several different languages: English, Hindi, Indonesian, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Zulu, Afrikaans and Mandarin.[5] It is the first track of his Chris Tomlin: The Essential Collection album.[6]

The song has also been adapted to be sung by small Christian choirs.[7][8]

Charts

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Weekly charts [edit] Chart (2006) Peak position US Hot Christian Songs (Billboard)[9] 1

Year-end charts [edit] Chart (2006) Position US Billboard Hot Christian Songs[10] 3 Decade-end charts [edit] Chart (2000s) Position Billboard Hot Christian Songs[11] 26

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[12]	Gold	15,000‡
United States (RIAA)[13]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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1. ^ CCLI Top 25 Worship Songs List Archived July 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ 2008 Dove Award Recipients Archived April 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy overview". AllMusic.
4. ^ "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Ben Tankard". Bellaonline.com.
5. ^ "Chris Tomlin Releases How Great Is Our God". Christian Music Zine. Archived from the original on November 20, 2011.
6. ^ "How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection". iTunes Store.[dead link]
7. ^ "Song #3 8438 Easy Choir, Volume 7". SoundCloud. 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
8. ^ "How Great is Our God – Hallelujah Oratorio Society". YouTube. January 2, 2025. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
9. ^ "Chris Tomlin Chart History (Hot Christian Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
10. ^ "Hot Christian Singles and Tracks Titles Year-end (2006)". Billboard.biz. Billboard. December 25, 2004. Archived from the original on June 20, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
11. ^ "Hot Christian AC Decade-end (2000s)". Billboard.biz. Billboard. 2009. Archived from the original on June 20, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
12. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Chris Tomlin – How Great Is Our God". Radioscope. Retrieved March 17, 2025. Type How Great Is Our God in the "Search:" field and press Enter.
13. ^ "American single certifications – Chris Tomlin – How Great Is Our God". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

v t e Chris Tomlin
Studio albums	The Noise We Make Not to Us Arriving See the Morning Hello Love And If Our God Is for Us... Burning Lights Love Ran Red Never Lose Sight Holy Roar Chris Tomlin & Friends Always The King Is Still the King
Live albums	Live from Austin Music Hall Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship
Singles	"Holy Is the Lord" "How Great Is Our God" "Made to Worship" "Our God" "I Lift My Hands" "Whom Shall I Fear [God of Angel Armies]" "Good Good Father" "Resurrection Power" "Be a Light" "Who You Are to Me" "God Who Listens" "I See You" "Thank You Lord" "Always" "Holy Forever" "The First Hymn"
Promotional singles	"You Are My King (Amazing Love)"
Related articles	Discography