Dive (Steven Curtis Chapman song)

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"Dive"
Speechless.scc.jpg
Single by Steven Curtis Chapman
from the album Speechless
Released1999
Genre
Length3:59
Label Sparrow
Songwriter(s) Steven Curtis Chapman
Steven Curtis Chapman singles chronology
"Speechless"
(1999)
"Dive"
(1999)
"Fingerprints of God"
(2000)

"Dive" is a song by contemporary Christian artist Steven Curtis Chapman, released as the second single from his 1999 album Speechless . "Dive" was covered by PureNRG on their final album Graduation: The Best of pureNRG. In February 2019, a remixed country version was released as the lead single for Chapman's album Where the Bluegrass Grows. The song features country singer Ricky Skaggs. [1]

Contents

Personnel

Charts

Weekly
Chart (1999)Peak
position
CCM Magazine Adult Contemporary [2] 1
CCM Magazine Contemporary Hits (CHR) [2] 1

Critical reception

"Dive" won the Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year at the 31st GMA Dove Awards. [3] It was also nominated for Song of the Year at that same event. [4]

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References

  1. Lawless, John. "Steven Curtis Chapman goes bluegrass with Dive". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Brothers, Jeffery Lee (2003). Hot Hits: Adult Contemporary Charts (1978-2001). AuthorHouse. pp. 243, 250. ISBN   1-4107-3294-0.
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