Blessed Are the Believers

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"Blessed Are the Believers"
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Single by Anne Murray
from the album Where Do You Go When You Dream
B-side "Only Love"
ReleasedMarch 10, 1981 (US)
Genre Country
Label Capitol
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 Tracks1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks1
Canadian RPM Top Singles13
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 1
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [4] 10
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 34

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