Mark Hall based his version of “Glorious Day” on John Wilbur Chapman's original song, “One Day,” which he grew up with.
According to SongFacts, “Casting Crowns' front man and songwriter told Billboard magazine that he enjoyed experimenting with the classics. 'You can really do a lot of cool things when you are rearranging hymns,'” he said. “'I grew up with the hymnbook. That's all I knew, so it's cool to bring them back.'”
The song not only talks about Jesus coming to live on the earth and being resurrected, it also reveals the story of what He can do for us. He endured horrific sacrifices to save us because of his love for us.
The song begins with “One day when Heaven was filled with His praises/One day when sin was as black as could be/Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin/Dwelt among men, my example is He/Word became flesh and the light shined among us/His glory revealed.”
The refrain continues with “Living, He loved me/Dying, He saved me/Buried, He carried my sins far away/Rising, He justified freely forever/One day He's coming/Oh glorious day, oh glorious day.”
I love the words to this song, as well as the melody, which was set by Michael Bleecker at The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas. The song reached the top spot on Hot Christian Songs for nine non-consecutive weeks, Soft AC/Inspirational and Christian AC charts. It peaked at No. 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, according to Wikipedia.
Information provided by countrythangdaily.com, Wikipedia and SongFacts.