"I Could Sing of Your Love Forever" is a popular Christian rock and

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song by the English

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band

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. The song's popularity has reached far beyond the band's; CCLI places the song among the 30 most-sung worship songs in the United StatesWord Music Now – CCLI Top 100 chart
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classic". According to

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, the author of the song: :"That song just wrote itself in about five minutes. The same chords the whole way through the song. I mean that's embarrassing really! It was just a little ditty. Did it at church. It was good but I don't think it really blew anybody away. It wasn't like, 'Oh Martin's written the most amazing song!' I still don't really think it is. But yes, that song, that moment changed our lives really. It's been one of the most sung songs in America and around the world. It's crazy really, this little ditty that we don't really do anymore. It's been great."

have released it several times in different forms. It was first recorded as the last track on '' Cutting Edge 2''; in this incarnation, it was a six-minute soft pop song featuring extensive use of

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and choir. Later, it was re-recorded for ''

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'', the band's "d:finitive worship collection"; here, it became a full-blown rock ballad with

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influences. A radio edit of this version was released as a single (see Single Release, below). A Spanish version of the original, translated as "Cantaré de Tu amor por siempre", appeared on the band's album '' Libertad''.

Covers

The song has been

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numerous times, with variations in style and performance, particularly within the CCM genre. The most popular of these covers (most notably within the US) was by

group

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. The song, which appears on their self-titled debut album, is a duet with Lisa Kimmey from R&B outfit

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. Switchfoot has also sung this song during various concerts. Christian singer

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has also covered part of this song live after his hit,

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. It has also been covered by Christian/Rock band,

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, in their Alive in Concert album in 2003. Canadian pop singer

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covered this song on a live feed on his Instagram on 16 May 2017.

Single releases

The single version of the song was released to the

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on 10 December 2001. As with most previous

singles, the song received no airplay on Radio One, the UK's largest pop station. It reached No. 37 in the midweek charts and hit an official peak of No. 40 on 17 December, making it the band's seventh Top 40 hit in a row.

Track listing

CD1 #"I Could Sing of Your Love Forever" (Radio Edit) — 3:34 #"Everything" (Live USA Radio Session) — 5:40 #"Bliss" (Britrix Re:Mix) — 3:10 #"I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever" (CD-ROM Video) CD2 #"I Could Sing of Your Love Forever" (Full Version) — 5:31 #"American President" — 3:36 #Every Child Counts — HopeHIV (CD-ROM Video)

Chart performance

References

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