"Forever Reign" is a

contemporary worship music Contemporary worship music (CWM), also known as praise and worship music, is a defined genre of Christian music used in contemporary worship. It has developed over the past 60 years and is stylistically similar to pop music. The songs are fr ...

song released originally by the collected

One Sonic Society One Sonic Society is a contemporary worship music collective from around the globe. That collective is composed of songwriter Jason Ingram on vocals, guitar and piano, Delirious? lead guitarist Stu G, Stuart Garrard on guitar and vocals, List of ...

and the Australian band Hillsong, from their albums ''One'' and ''

A Beautiful Exchange ''A Beautiful Exchange'' is the nineteenth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship by Hillsong Church. It was recorded at the Sydney Entertainment Centre and Hillsong Church in Australia by Reuben Morgan, Darlen ...

'' respectively. The song also has been covered by several artists including Kristian Stanfill and the Newsboys. The song is also available in several other languages than English. In all versions, the song keeps a pensive worship style, but One Sonic Society's version is distinctive to the band's individual style. Their version reached No. 17 on ''Billboard''s

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chart, and No. 25 on the related Christian Adult Contemporary chart.

Release

The song was written by

Reuben Morgan Reuben Timothy Morgan (born 9 August 1975) is an Australian worship pastor at Hillsong Church and one of several worship leaders and songwriters in Hillsong Worship group. Prior to this he was a worship pastor at Hillsong Church in Sydney, ...

(from Hillsong) and Jason Ingram (from One Sonic Society) and was released first by the Ingram's band, in the EP ''One'', days after, was released in two versions in the Hillsong LIVE album, ''A Beautiful Exchange'', LIVE version and radio version. The live version by Hillsong LIVE, released in ''

'' is performed by the Australian worship leader Jad Gillies, with a worship (pop/rock) style, begins with a soft piano and drums, (played by Peter James and Brandon Gillies respectively) lasting 5:44 in the album (6:10 in DVD), captures all the live spirit and inspiration during all the song, the crowd can be heard worshipping and singing the entire song, and the DVD, includes a longer ending, also sung by the crowd. This version was recorded at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The album, also includes a radio version which was released as Single in the same year. The version by

sung by the American producer, singer, songwriter Jason Ingram, who co-wrote the song with the Hillsong LIVE leader

, has a different style, beginning with drums, played by Paul Mabury.

Video versions

* Hillsong LIVE: ''A Beautiful Exchange'' * Passion Conferences – Kristian Stanfill: ''Passion: Here for You'' * One Sonic Society: ''Live At The Tracking Room''

References

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