Here I Am To Worship (song)
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"Here I Am to Worship" is a song written by
Tim Hughes Timothy David Llewelyn Hughes (born 23 July 1977) is a British worship leader, singer, songwriter, and Anglican priest. Formerly the director of worship at Holy Trinity Brompton, a large Anglican church in central London, he has since been o ...
and was released as the title song of his debut album '' Here I Am to Worship''. The song is a popular worship ballad. It is commonly sung at Christian churches, festivals and youth gatherings. The song was ranked No. 1 on the
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(CCLI) two years in a row and was still ranked on their Top 25 Songs list in 2016.


Writing and inspiration

Hughes wrote the song in 1999 as a response to how he felt after reading Philippians 2. The passage speaks about Christ's humility and how He willingly left His throne in heaven, came to earth as a man, and sacrificed Himself on the cross all because of His love for us. With this passage in mind, he picked up his guitar and, as he sang, the words to the song flowed out, but he was not satisfied with the chorus and felt that it did not flow well with the song. For several months, he struggled with the chorus and even put the song aside for about six months before finally finishing it. However, he was still not confident in the chorus. It was not until he played this song at his home church Soul Survivor, and his pastor told him to play the song more often, that he realized the potential the song had. Since then, this song has spread and become widely known. Hughes himself said. "No one has been more surprised than myself at seeing how God has used this worship song." The themes in the song are the life of Jesus, thankfulness, and worship.


Composition

"Here I Am to Worship" is a slow worship ballad with a length of five minutes and fifteen seconds. The song is set in
common time A time signature (also known as meter signature, metre signature, and measure signature) is an indication in music notation that specifies how many note values of a particular type fit into each measure ( bar). The time signature indicates the ...
and has a tempo of 75
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. It is written in the key
E Major E major is a major scale based on E, consisting of the pitches E, F, G, A, B, C, and D. Its key signature has four sharps. Its relative minor is C-sharp minor and its parallel minor is E minor. Its enharmonic equivalent, F-flat maj ...
. The verses follow the chord progression E - B - F♯m - A - E - B - A, the chorus follows the progression E - B - C♯m - A, and the bridge follows the progression B - E - A.


Versions

It has been covered by other
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ians, including: *
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('' Worship Again'', 2002) *
Chris Tomlin Christopher Dwayne Tomlin (born May 4, 1972) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and worship leader from Grand Saline, Texas. He is signed to Universal Music Group, Universal's Capitol Christian Music Group. Some of h ...
(''Passion: Our Love is Loud'', 2002) *
Michael Gungor Michael Gungor (born September 14, 1980) also known as Vishnu Dass, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, music editor, author, and podcast host. He led the musical collective Gungor, which received multiple Grammy nominations. The group' ...
(''
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'', 2003) * Hillsong (''
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(''Let Your Glory Fall'', 2003) * Plus One ('' WOW Worship: Red'', 2004 and ''Exodus'', 2003) *
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(''Worship Collection: Awesome God'', 2003) * Rebecca St. James (''Live Worship: Blessed Be Your Name'', 2004) * Salvador (band), Salvador (''Worship Live'', 2003) *
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(''Cry Holy'', 2003) *
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(''Empty Me, Vol. 1'', 2004) *
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(''Live from Another Level'', 2004) * Terry MacAlmon (''The Sound of Heaven'', 2004) * Hillsong ('' Ultimate Worship'', 2005) *
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('' Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise'', 2005) *
Lincoln Brewster Lincoln Brewster (born July 30, 1971) is an American contemporary Christian musician and worship pastor. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Brewster became a sought-after session guitarist in the early 1990s. He is the former senior worship ...
('' Let the Praises Ring'', 2006) *
Lenny LeBlanc Lenny LeBlanc (born June 17, 1951) is an American musician and songwriter. He started his career with Pete Carr in 1975 and later separated ways when both had different plans for their profession. A resident of Alabama, he is known for the song ...
(''Songs 4 Worship: Country'', 2007) *
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(''Here I Am To Worship'', 2009) *
Heather Headley Heather Headley (born October 5, 1974) is a Trinidadian-born American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the title role of '' Aida''. She also won the 2010 Grammy A ...
( Audience of One, 2009)


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