Christian Songs Series: 2007 (FINISHED)

[fireflies]

2007 Christian Songs Rankdown!!!

Welcome to the 2007 Christian Songs Rankdown!!!
Hello. I am continuing my series of Christian songs rankdowns. I started with 2003 and am ready to begin 2007!

I have included one new song per week to fill out the entire year. I have a list of 53 songs for 2007. All you have to do is rank the songs from #1 to #53. (most favorite to least favorite) You can send me your lists through a personal message!

The deadline to send me your lists will be: Sunday, January 31, 2021.

*BONUS Songs* - This will be the first year I include a bonus song. If a song is a bonus, it means that it never was the top new song for any week of the year. But, it stayed around long enough to make the Billboard year-end chart.

We will have 1 bonus song this year!

*Milestone* - For this year's rankdown, the band MercyMe has now reached 10 songs to be ranked!

Here's the list!

1. O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Aaron Shust
2. I Believe - Building 429
3. Your Name - Phillips, Craig & Dean
4. Big Enough - Ayiesha Woods
5. Give It All Away - Aaron Shust
6. Everlasting God - Lincoln Brewster
7. Everything Is Beautiful - Starfield
8. Forgiven - Relient K
9. How to Save A Life - The Fray
10. Walking Her Home - Mark Schultz
11. How Can I Keep From Singing - Chris Tomlin
12. Undo - Rush of Fools
13. By His Wounds - Mac Powell, Mark Hall, Steven Curtis Chapman, Brian Littrell
14. Something Beautiful - Newsboys
15. Every Time I Breathe - Big Daddy Weave
16. Don't Give Up - Sanctus Real
17. I'm Not Who I Was - Brandon Heath
18. Give You Glory - Jeremy Camp
19. Tunnel - Third Day
20. Bring the Rain - MercyMe
21. What Could Be Better (The Days Ahead) - 33 Miles
22. You - Britt Nicole
23. Find Me Tonight - Everyday Sunday
24. Only the World - Mandisa
25. When I Get Where I'm Going - Geoff Moore
26. Give Me Words to Speak - Aaron Shust
27. I'm For You - tobyMac
28. The Last Night - Skillet
29. East to West - Casting Crowns
30. Home - Daughtry
31. Lone Ranger - Nate Sallie
32. Everything Glorious - David Crowder Band
33. Love the Lord - Lincoln Brewster
34. Awakening - Switchfoot
35. Sunday - tree63
36. Miracle of the Moment - Steven Curtis Chapman
37. Coming Back to Life - Echoing Angels
38. Song of Hope (Heaven Come Down) - Robbie Seay Band
39. Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) - Chris Tomlin
40. In Better Hands - Natalie Grant
41. Signature of Divine (Yahweh) - Needtobreathe
42. Give Until There's Nothing Left - Relient K
43. In Wonder - Newsboys
44. God with Us - MercyMe
45. How You Live (Turn Up the Music) - Point of Grace
46. You Are Everything - Matthew West
47. The Twenty-First Time - Monk & Neagle
48. Don't Get Comfortable - Brandon Heath
49. When Our Hearts Sing - Rush of Fools
50. Be Still - StorySide: B
51. Christmas Day - Michael W. Smith ft. Mandisa
52. Christmas Makes Me Cry - Mandisa ft. Matthew West
53. After the World - Disciple = BONUS

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[dgarcia3377]

I'll do this list

[fireflies]

We have 2 weeks left to turn in lists for Christian Songs: 2007!


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[fireflies]

I have decided to extend this one about a week.

The new due date will be on Monday, February 8, 2021.


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[fireflies]

A few more days left to turn in lists!

[fireflies]

LAST CALL


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[dee12]

I'll submit mine when I get home from work today.

[fireflies]

#53 - Lone Ranger - Nate Sallie


Total Points: 192
Hot Christian Songs: #16

dee12 - #43
dgarcia3377 - #48
chanman - #48
fireflies - #53

I've loved his past hits, especially "Whatever It Takes". This song brings a whole new sound to him. Honestly, I wouldn't have thought it was even the same person. This stalled at radio in the high teens. Congrats to fireflies for the first perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

#52 - What Could Be Better (The Days Ahead) - 33 Miles


Total Points: 192
Hot Christian Songs: #11

chanman - #40
dee12 - #47
fireflies - #52
dgarcia3377 - #53

We started this rankdown with a tie. The 40 ranking gave this song the edge over the 43 ranking. This has a nice beat to it, but it quickly fell behind a lot more memorable songs for me. Congrats to fireflies for back-to-back perfect rankings!!

[fireflies]

#51 - Sunday - tree63


Total Points: 173
Hot Christian Songs: #14

fireflies - #37
dgarcia3377 - #39
chanman - #44
dee12 - #53

I enjoyed this one much better than their last two outings, but it still managed fairly low on my list. The message is still great and Sunday is always a day worth celebrating!
Happy Sunday, ya'll!

[fireflies]

#50 - Signature of Divine (Yahweh) - Needtobreathe


Total Points: 171
Hot Christian Songs: #15

dgarcia3377 - #40
fireflies - #42
dee12 - #44
chanman - #45

We were all consistent in agreeing that this song deserved a spot in the 40's. It ended up being one spot shy of that, lol. This is a fine song, but they have so many wonderful hits coming up in the years ahead.

[fireflies]

#49 - In Wonder - Newsboys


Total Points: 166
Hot Christian Songs: #4

chanman - #13
fireflies - #49
dgarcia3377 - #52
dee12 - #52

Of Newsboys' two entries this year, this was the one I wanted to leave first. Their other song is much higher on my list. Radio really fell in line with this one though. This group has been pretty iconic in the Christian genre!
Congrats to fireflies for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

#48 - Don't Get Comfortable - Brandon Heath


Total Points: 157
Hot Christian Songs: #11

dgarcia3377 - #25
chanman - #41
fireflies - #43
dee12 - #48

This is a nice, easy-listening song. In fact, most of Brandon's songs seem to fit with this description. It barely missed out on making top ten in radio. Congrats to dee12 for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

#47 - Big Enough - Ayiesha Woods ft. tobyMac

Total Points: 155
Hot Christian Songs: #10

chanman - #20
fireflies - #39
dee12 - #45
dgarcia3377 - #51

The chorus helped move this song a little higher in this rankdown for me. It starts off pretty slow until the middle of the song. While this isn't as catchy as her last single, "Happy", this song was able to give her a top 10 in radio!
*Billboard didn't credit TobyMac in this, but I thought he was in it enough for him to warrant one.*

[fireflies]

#46 - Give It All Away - Aaron Shust


Total Points: 153
Hot Christian Songs: #7

fireflies - #31
chanman - #39
dgarcia3377 - #41
dee12 - #42

Aaron Shust had three entries this year, with one being a Christmas tune. I ranked this one the highest, so I'm a little disappointed this ended up being the first one to go. It still made my bottom half though but was still an enjoyable song!

[fireflies]

Most Points = only perfect rankings will give you points (Ex. - #1 will get 53 points ; #53 will get 1 point)

Least Points = you get points on how close you are to the actual ranking (Ex. - a perfect ranking would get you 0 points)


Top 45 Player's Stats


Most Points:


fireflies = 8 points
dee12 = 6 points


Least Points:


dee12 = 32 points
fireflies = 50 points
dgarcia3377 = 63 points
chanman = 106 points

[chanman]

Newsboys singles are very Radio friendly. I'm surprised that 'In Wonder' left already.

[fireflies]

#45 - When I Get Where I'm Going - Geoff Moore


Total Points: 150
Hot Christian Songs: #14

chanman - #30
dee12 - #33
dgarcia3377 - #36
fireflies - #51

I really do love this song. But, the original that was performed by Brad Paisley & Dolly Parton is outstanding. I would always compare the two and this would come out a bit short. The Brad/Dolly version went #1 on Country and #39 on the Hot 100!

[fireflies]

#44 - O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Aaron Shust


Total Points: 150
Hot Christian Songs: #1

chanman - #28
dgarcia3377 - #31
fireflies - #41
dee12 - #50

This is our first Christmas song to leave us and our 2nd song from Aaron Shust. Radio rushed to play this throughout the holiday. It also narrowly beat out Geoff thanks to a #28 ranking. But, we still have two more songs that earned exactly 150 points. Those lucky two missed out on making our bottom 10.

[fireflies]

#43 - Miracle of the Moment - Steven Curtis Chapman


Total Points: 150
Hot Christian Songs: #4

fireflies - #26
dee12 - #37
dgarcia3377 - #38
chanman - #49

This is another good one from Steven. It's a nice upbeat song that did well on radio. It wasn't one I remembered right off the bat, but served as a great re-discovery for me.

[fireflies]

#42 - Coming Back to Life - Echoing Angels


Total Points: 150
Hot Christian Songs: #17

chanman - #24
dee12 - #39
dgarcia3377 - #42
fireflies - #45

This won our four-way tie of 150 points. This is a song that I could see as being a 'grower'. Radio pretty much stalled it out, not giving audiences much of a chance to let it grow. Congrats to dgarcia3377 for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

#41 - Be Still - StorySide:B


Total Points: 147
Hot Christian Songs: #14

dgarcia3377 - #20
chanman - #37
fireflies - #44
dee12 - #46

I didn't even recognize the band's name, so the song was very new to me. They do have similar sounds to other male groups during this time. It was a good song, but having a no nostalgia factor helped in ranking this behind many other songs I loved.

[fireflies]

Top 40 Player's Stats


Most Points:


dgarcia3377 - 12 points
fireflies - 8 points
dee12 - 6 points


Least Points:


dee12 - 64 points
fireflies - 82 points
dgarcia3377 - 111 points
chanman - 165 points

[fireflies]

#40 - Don't Give Up - Sanctus Real


Total Points: 143
Hot Christian Songs: #11

dgarcia3377 - #29
fireflies - #32
chanman - #33
dee12 - #49

I like some of their future singles better than this, but this song really comes to life when the chorus sets in. This barely missed top 10 in radio and could have done a few spots better here as well.

[fireflies]

#39 - Love the Lord - Lincoln Brewster


Total Points: 142
Hot Christian Songs: #7

dee12 - #19
dgarcia3377 - #26
fireflies - #47
chanman - #50

This is a fine praise and worship song. It's one that sounds like it would be popular with bands in youth groups. Of the two Lincoln Brewster songs, I did rank the other one a bit higher.

[fireflies]

#38 - After the World - Disciple


Total Points: 139
Hot Christian Songs: #18

chanman - #19
fireflies - #34
dgarcia3377 - #35
dee12 - #51

Well, this was our first BONUS song I've used in this series. It never managed to be the top new song of any week this year, but held on long enough to make #40 on the year-end chart! I had no recollection of it, but I enjoyed it and am glad we were able to rank it!

[fireflies]

#37 - When Our Hearts Sing - Rush Of Fools


Total Points: 135
Hot Christian Songs: #10

dgarcia3377 - #16
chanman - #38
fireflies - #40
dee12 - #41

This earned the band a top 10 in radio. I love the vocals in this, but this seems like a fair time to leave. This didn't immediately leap off the screen like their other entry did.

[fireflies]

#36 - Everything Is Beautiful - Starfield


Total Points: 133
Hot Christian Songs: #14

chanman - #21
fireflies - #28
dee12 - #40
dgarcia3377 - #44

This was a very nice discovery for me. This is definitely a "grower" as well. I believe I had this a bit lower on my list but moved it up considerably after listening to it again. It barely missed my top half. Radio needed to keep this one going a bit more.

[fireflies]

Top 35 Player's Stats


Most Points:


dgarcia3377 - 12 points
fireflies - 8 points
dee12 - 6 points


Least Points:


fireflies - 113 points
dee12 - 114 points
dgarcia3377 - 167 points
chanman - 218 points

[fireflies]

#35 - Give Me Words to Speak - Aaron Shust


Total Points: 128
Hot Christian Songs: #5

chanman - #5
dee12 - #32
dgarcia3377 - #43
fireflies - #48

Aaron had three songs this year, but all fared in the bottom half. Radio took to this one, which always helps when you want to get a new single out. This is also the first song with a top ten ranking to leave us.