"We Praise You" is a song by

Bethel Music Bethel Music is an American music label and worship movement from Redding, California, originating out of Bethel Church (Redding, California), Bethel Church where they started making music in 2001. Bethel Music has grown from being a local church ...

and Brandon Lake, which was released as the second single from Bethel Music's twelfth live album, ''

Revival's in the Air ''Revival's in the Air'' (stylized in capital letters) is the twelfth live album by California-based worship collective Bethel Music, and their twentieth full-length release overall. The album was released through the collective's imprint labe ...

'' (2020), on March 6, 2020. The song was written by Lake,

Brian Johnson Brian Johnson (born 5 October 1947) is an English singer and songwriter. In 1980, after the death of Bon Scott, he became the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC. He and the rest of the band were inducted into the Rock and Rol ...

Matt Redman Matthew James Redman (born 14 February 1974) is an English Christian worship leader, singer-songwriter and author. Redman has released 16 albums, written 8 books, and helped start three church-plants. He is best known for his two-time Grammy Aw ...

Phil Wickham Philip David Wickham (born April 5, 1984) is a Contemporary Christian musician, singer and songwriter from San Diego, California. Wickham has released nine albums: ''Give You My World'' in 2003, a self-titled album in 2006, ''Cannons'' in 2007, ...

. Brian Johnson also collaborated on the production of the single with Joel Taylor.

Background

The live version of "We Praise You" was recorded at Bethel Church, featuring Brandon Lake as worship leader, was released on March 6, 2020, as the second single from the album, ''Revival's in the Air'', which at the time, was being marketed under the name ''God of Revival''. Lake spoke of the single, saying "Praise isn’t just something we give as a gift to God, it’s something that can make things shift—it’s a weapon. Even if it doesn’t change the situation, praise can shift my perspective. It can take my eyes off the storm and put them on Christ." The studio version of "We Praise You" was released in digital format on March 27, 2020. The song impacted

Christian radio Christian radio is a Christian media radio format that focus on programming with a Christian message. Many such broadcasters play contemporary Christian music, though many programs include sermons, radio dramas, as well as news and talk progra ...

stations on May 15, 2020.

Composition

"We Praise You" is composed in the key of A with a tempo of 85.5 beats per minute and a musical time signature of .

Commercial performance

"We Praise You" debuted at number 48 on the US

Christian Airplay Christian Airplay is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States since June 21, 2003. This chart lists the 50 most-listened-to records played on multiple Christian radio stations across the country as monitored by Ni ...

chart. The song went on to peak at number 46 and has spent a total of eight consecutive weeks on the chart.

Music video

Bethel Music released the live music video of "We Praise You" with Brandon Lake leading the song during the WorshipU 2019 conference held at Bethel Church through their YouTube channel on March 6, 2020.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

Other versions

* On January 10, 2020,

released his rendition of "We Praise You" featuring Brandon Lake on his album, ''Let There Be Wonder'' (2020).

References

External links

* on PraiseCharts {{DEFAULTSORT:We Praise You 2020 singles Bethel Music songs Brandon Lake songs Songs written by Brandon Lake