"Blessed Be Your Name" | |
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Song |
"Blessed Be Your Name" | |
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Single by tree63 | |
from the album The Answer to the Question | |
Released | 2003 |
Genre | Contemporary Christian Music |
Label | Essential |
"Blessed Be Your Name" is a song by English Christian singer-songwriter Matt Redman appearing in his 2002 album Where Angels Fear to Tread on Worship Together label. The Matt Redman track was not released as a single. But it became greatly famous by a cover version of the song released as a single the following year by the Christian band tree63 from their 2003 album The Answer to the Question. tree63 cover version peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Christian Songs chart,[1] their first big chart success. The single stayed a total of 68 weeks on that same chart.[2]
The song has reappeared on later compilations albums, specifically on the Matt Redman 2005 compilation album Blessed Be Your Name: The Songs of Matt Redman Vol. 1 released on Survivor Records and in 2008, in tree63's compilation album Blessed Be Your Name: The Hits released on Inpop Records.
In 2005, the song won GMA Dove Award for Worship Song of the Year.[3]
Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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US Christian Songs (Billboard)[4] | 2 |
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