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"
Released	March 10, 1981 (US)
Genre	Country
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Charlie Black Rory Bourke Sandy Pinkard
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 Cash Box Top 100 [3]	40
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4]	1
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [5]	10
US Billboard Hot 100 [6]	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. Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits: 1952-1996. Record Research.
4. "Anne Murray Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
5. "Anne Murray Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
6. "Anne Murray Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.