Released 10 September 2013 Recorded 2013 | Format Digital download Label Sparrow | |
Genre Contemporary worship music Length 8:55 (album version)
4:10 (radio version)
4:15 (album edit) | ||
"Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" was released on 10 September 2013 as Hillsong United's second single from their album, Zion. In the United States, the song has spent the most number of weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. It first hit No. 1 on the chart starting in December 2013 and was the top song of 2014. An EP, Oceans, includes the album, radio, Red Rocks live, and remix versions of this song. Taya Smith performs the lead vocals. On 30 September 2014, a Spanish version of the song, also sung by Smith, was released to digital retailers. The album edit of the song appeared on the compilations, WOW Worship Lime and WOW Hits 2015.
Contents
Track listing
- "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" – 8:55
- "Océanos (Donde Mis Pies Pueden Fallar)" - 4:19
Chart performance
"Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. The song stayed atop of the chart for 45 consecutive weeks until it was overtaken in October 2014 by Carrie Underwood's song "Something in the Water". The song became the longest running No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart. Billboard named it as the No.1 song on the Hot Christian Songs chart for 2014. The song returned to No.1 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart for the week ending 18 April 2015 where it dethroned "Something in the Water" and remained for five more weeks till the week of 16 May 2015 for a total of 50 non-consecutive weeks atop the chart. It returned to the top of the Christian Songs chart for a third time on October 10, and it was still the No. 1 single seven weeks later. As of February 2017, the song spent a record 61 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.
Cover versions
Lauren Daigle released a cover of this song on YouTube on September 5, 2013, and on Vimeo on January 27, 2014.
Selena Gomez released a cover of the song on her Instagram account on 22 August 2014.
Deanna Johnson from season 8 of The Voice U.S. performed the song during the Top 12, and was released to the iTunes Store on 13 April 2015.
Tim Neufeld has also released a cover.
The Digital Age have also recorded a version on Rehearsals Vol. 2. The lead vocals are shared between Mark Waldrop and Mike Dodson.
Awards
The song won many of the main categories at the 2014 GMA Dove Awards. It won the "Song of the Year", "Contemporary Christian Performance of the Year", "Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year", "Worship Song of the Year", and Hillsong United was named the "Artist of the Year".