"Always" is a song by American

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. It was released on March 29, 2022, as the lead single from Tomlin's fourteenth studio album, '' Always'' (2022). Tomlin co-wrote the song with Ben Glover, Daniel Carson, Jeff Sojka, and Jess Cates. Ben Glover and Jeff Sojka handled the production of the single. "Always" peaked at No. 6 on the US

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Background

On March 29, 2022, Chris Tomlin released a two-track single titled ''Always'', containing the title track and "Yahweh (No One)" with

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, accompanied with their lyric videos.

Composition

"Always" is composed in the key of C with a tempo of 79 beats per minute, and a musical time signature of .

Commercial performance

"Always" debuted at No. 34 on the US

chart dated April 16, 2022. It went on to peak at No. 6 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. "Always" debuted at No. 45 on the US

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chart dated April 30, 2022. It went on to reach No. 5 on the Christian Airplay chart.

Music videos

The official lyric video of "Always" was published via Chris Tomlin's YouTube channel on March 29, 2022. On April 12, 2022, Tomlin released the acoustiv performance video of the song through YouTube. The live performance video of "Always" filmed at Good Friday Nashville, was issued on April 22, 2022.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. * Adam Ayan — mastering engineer * Jonsal Barrientes — choir/chorus * Dallan Beck — editing * Chris Brown — background vocals, choir/chorus * Shantay Brown — choir/chorus * Daniel Carson — acoustic guitar, choir/chorus, electric guitar * Tamera Chipp — choir/chorus * Chad Chrisman — A&R * Elevation Worship — primary artist * Enaka Enyong — choir/chorus * Sam Gibson — mixing * Ben Glover — acoustic guitar, background vocals, choir/chorus, electric guitar, engineer, keyboards, producer, programming * Lindsay Glover — choir/chorus * Tarik Henry — choir/chorus * Mark Hill — bass * Tiffany Hudson — choir/chorus * Tommy Iceland — choir/chorus * Graham King — engineer * Benji Kurokose — choir/chorus * Jerry McPherson — electric guitar * Gordon Mote — piano * Brad O'Donnell — A&R * Sophie Shear — choir/chorus * Jeff Sojka — background vocals, choir/chorus, drums, electric guitar, engineer, keyboards, producer, programming * Isaiah Templeton — choir/chorus * Chris Tomlin — choir/chorus, primary artist * Bria Valderrama — choir/chorus * Doug Weier — mixing * Jordan Welch — choir/chorus

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

* on PraiseCharts {{DEFAULTSORT:Always (Chris Tomlin song) 2022 singles 2022 songs Chris Tomlin songs Songs written by Ben Glover Songs written by Jess Cates Songs written by Chris Tomlin