Forever Reign (song)

"Forever Reign" is a contemporary worship music song[1] released originally by the collected One Sonic Society and the Australian band Hillsong, from their albums One and A Beautiful Exchange respectively. The song also has been covered by several artists including Kristian Stanfill and the Newsboys.[2] 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 Hot Christian Songs chart,[3] and No. 25 on the related Christian Adult Contemporary chart.[4]

"Forever Reign"
Single by Hillsong/One Sonic Society
from the album 'A Beautiful Exchange/Forever Reign'
Released29 June 2010
GenreContemporary worship music
Length4:09
LabelHillsong Music
Songwriter(s)Reuben Morgan, Jason Ingram
Alternative cover

Release

The song was written by Reuben Morgan (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.[5][6][7][8][9]

The live version by Hillsong LIVE, released in A Beautiful Exchange 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 main version by One Sonic Society sung by the American producer, singer, songwriter Jason Ingram, who co-wrote the song with the Hillsong LIVE leader Reuben Morgan, has a different style, beginning with drums, played by Paul Mabury, this version is the same in the "One" EP and in the recent "Forever Reign" full-length album, that collects the best of their three EP's and brand-new song specific to this project.

The American singer Kristian Stanfill was asked to play the Live version by the collected Passion in their annual conference and album recording Here For You, released in 2011 in the standard edition of the disc, this version adopts a different style with a rock vocals and instruments, but keeps the same dynamic heard in the Hillsong LIVE version, Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Chorus, Bridge.

Versions

Covers of the song have been recorded by several artists, including the following.[10]

  • One Sonic Society: One (13 June 2010)
  • Hillsong LIVE: A Beautiful Exchange (29 June 2010)
  • Shane & Shane: Unending Worship (19 November 2010)
  • Passion Kristian Stanfill: Here For You (4 March 2011)
  • Newsboys: God's Not Dead (11 November 2011)
  • One Sonic Society: Forever Reign (9 December 2011)
  • One Sonic Society: Live At The Tracking Room (17 July 2012)
  • Hillsong: Global Project INDONESIA (18 September 2012)
  • Hillsong: Global Project 華語 (Chinese) (18 September 2012)
  • Hillsong: Global Project 한국어 (Korean) (18 September 2012)
  • Hillsong: Global Project DEUTSCH (18 September 2012)
  • Hillsong: Global Project PORTUGUÊS (18 September 2012)
  • Hillsong: Global Project SVENSKA (18 September 2012)[11]
  • Hillsong Chapel: Forever Reign (22 October 2012)

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

References
  1. "The Song Forever Reign". Worship Together. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  2. "Song History". New Release Tuesday. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  3. Billboard (31 December 2011). ""Forever Reign" - One Sonic Society". Billboard. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  4. Billboard (10 March 2012). "Christian AC Songs[TM]". Academic OneFile. 124 (8): 48.
  5. "The Song & The Album". Hillsong LIVE. Archived from the original on 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  6. "Forever Reign". New Release Tuesday. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  7. "Hillsong Live With Reuben Morgan". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  8. Dave Wood. "Forever Reign by One Sonic Society". Worship Together. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  9. "Charts Forever Reign". CCLI. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  10. "Forever Reign Versions". Praise Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  11. "Forever Reign Versions". Sound Cloud. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
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