I Could Sing of Your Love Forever

Song infobox
Name = I Could Sing of Your Love Forever
Type = Song
Artist = Delirious?
Album = Cutting Edge 2
track_no = 6
Recorded = 1995 ("Cutting Edge" Version) 2001 ("Deeper" Version)
Genre = Worship Christian rock
Length = 6:09 ("Cutting Edge" Album Version) 5:29 ("Deeper" Album Version)
Writer = Martin Smith
Label = Furious? Records
Producer = Andy Piercy Delirious?
prev = "Lead Me"
prev_no = 5
next = —
next_no =
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Deeper
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Did You Feel The Mountains Tremble?"
prev_no = 1
this_track = "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever"
track_no = 2
next_track = "I've Found Jesus"
next_no = 3

"I Could Sing of Your Love Forever" is a popular Christian rock and worship song by the English rock band Delirious?. The song's popularity has reached far beyond the band's; CCLI places the song among the 30 most-sung worship songs in the United States of America [http://wordmusicnow.com/CCLI.asp Word Music Now - CCLI Top 100 chart ] ] and has been called a "modern worship classic"cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=Peabody, Massachusetts |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |chapter=Delirious? |pages=250-252] . According to Martin Smith, the author of the song:

:"That song just wrote itself in about five minutes. The same chords the whole way through the song. I mean that's embarrassing really! It was just a little ditty. Did it at church. It was good but I don't think it really blew anybody away. It wasn't like, 'Oh Martin's written the most amazing song!' I still don't really think it is. But yes, that song, that moment changed our lives really. It's been one of the most sung songs in America and around the world. It's crazy really, this little ditty that we don't really do anymore. It's been great." [ [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Delirious/20129/p1/ Delirious?: Martin Smith gives his most revealing interview ever] ; Cross Rythmns; Retrieved March 26, 2008]

Delirious? have released it several times in different forms. It was first recorded as the last track on "Cutting Edge 2"; in this incarnation, it was a six-minute soft pop song featuring extensive use of eBow and choir. Later, it was re-recorded for "Deeper", the band's "d:finitive worship collection"; here, it became a full-blown rock ballad with gospel influences. A radio edit of this version was released as a single (see Single Release, below). A Spanish version of the original, translated as "Cantaré de Tu amor por siempre", appeared on the band's album "Libertad".

Covers

The song has been covered numerous times, with variations in style and performance, particularly within the CCM genre. The most popular of these covers (most notably within the US) was by worship group Sonicflood. The song, which appears on their self-titled debut album, is a duet with Lisa Kimmey from R&B outfit Out of Eden. Alternately, the cross-over group Switchfoot (made up of Christian members) has also sung this song during various concerts. Christian singer tobyMac has also covered part of this song live after his hit, Lose My Soul.

ingle Release

Infobox Single
Name = I Could Sing of Your Love Forever
Artist = Delirious?
from Album = Deeper


Released = 2001
Format = CD
Genre = Worship Rock Christian rock
Length = 3:34 (Radio Edit) 5:29 (Album Version)
Label = Furious? Records
Writer = Martin Smith
Chart position = *#40 (UK Singles Charts)
Reviews =
Last single = "Waiting for the Summer" (2001)
This single = "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever" (2001)
Next single = "Inside Outside" (2004)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Type = Single


Lower caption = CD2 Single

The single version of the song was released to the UK Singles Charts on 10 December 2001. As with most previous Delirious? singles, the song received no airplay on Radio One, the UK's largest pop station. It reached #37 in the midweek charts and hit an official peak of #40 on 17 December, making it the band's seventh Top 40 hit in a row.

Track listing

CD1
#"I Could Sing of Your Love Forever" (Radio Edit) - 3:34
#"Everything" (Live USA Radio Session) - 5:40
#"Bliss" (Britrix Re:Mix) - 3:10
#"I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever" (CD-Rom Video)

CD2
#"I Could Sing of Your Love Forever" (Full Version) - 5:31
#"American President" - 3:36
#Every Child Counts - HopeHIV (CD-Rom Video)

References

External links

* [http://delirious.org.uk/features/icouldsing.html News about and reviews of the single]