About “Whole Heart (Hold Me Now) - Live”
Joel Houston wrote the song with Hillsong Young & Free's Aodhan King, and Houston has said it came as a feeling in a session originally aimed at a different song before the melody became its own thing. King recalled the pair reworking it repeatedly to get the song just right. The live recording, led by TAYA, was captured on November 18, 2018 at Hillsong's Worship and Creative Conference in Sydney and released on January 11, 2019 as the lead single from People.
Written by Joel Houston and Aodhan King · Released 2019 on People · CCLI #7122452
- Lead single from People, which debuted at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200
- Recorded live at Hillsong's Worship and Creative Conference in Sydney
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Frequently asked
Who wrote “Whole Heart (Hold Me Now) - Live”?
Joel Houston and Aodhan King. It was first released in 2019 on People.
What is “Whole Heart (Hold Me Now) - Live” about?
Joel Houston wrote the song with Hillsong Young & Free's Aodhan King, and Houston has said it came as a feeling in a session originally aimed at a different song before the melody became its own thing. King recalled the pair reworking it repeatedly to get the song just right. The live recording, led by TAYA, was captured on November 18, 2018 at Hillsong's Worship and Creative Conference in Sydney and released on January 11, 2019 as the lead single from People.
How many churches sing “Whole Heart (Hold Me Now) - Live”?
27 churches in the playlist.church map have it in their worship playlists, most often for Identity in Christ, Surrender — one of the most-adopted worship songs today.