Blessed Are the Believers

"Blessed Are the Believers"
Single by Anne Murray
from the album Where Do You Go When You Dream
B-side"Only Love"
ReleasedMarch 10, 1981 (US)
GenreCountry
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jim Ed Norman
Anne Murray singles chronology
"Could I Have This Dance"
(1980) 		"Blessed Are the Believers"
(1981) 		"We Don't Have to Hold Out"
(1981)

"Blessed Are the Believers" is a song written by Charlie Black, Rory Bourke and Sandy Pinkard (of Pinkard & Bowden), and recorded by Canadian country music artist Anne Murray. It was released in March 1981 as the first single from Murray's Gold-certified Where Do You Go When You Dream album.

The single was Murray's sixth number one on the Country chart, where it spent one week at number one and a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.[1] On the pop singles chart, it was her final Top 40 single to date, peaking at number thirty-four.[2]

Charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 13
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 10
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 34

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 243.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 443.
  3. ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.



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