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Released | August 19, 2003 | |||
Recorded | 2002–2003 | |||
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Genre | Pop, contemporary Christian music | |||
Length | 39:52 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
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Simple Things is the fifteenth studio album by CCM singer-songwriter Amy Grant, released in 2003.
Simple Things did not have the effect of Grant's previous pop efforts from the 1990s. The album topped Billboard 's Christian album chart [2] and the title track became a Top Ten Christian single, [3] [4] Simple Things peaked just outside the Top 20 on the Billboard 200, at No. 23. [5] The title track peaked at the same position on the AC chart. [6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Happy" | Amy Grant, Holly Lamar, Jerry McPherson, Keith Thomas | 4:10 |
2. | "Eye to Eye" | Grant, Thomas | 3:58 |
3. | "Simple Things" | Grant, Dillon O'Brian, William Owsley, Thomas | 3:58 |
4. | "Beautiful" | Austin Cunningham, Trina Harmon | 4:11 |
5. | "Out in the Open" | Grant, Chris Eaton | 4:37 |
6. | "I Don't Know Why" | Grant, Wayne Kirkpatrick | 3:31 |
7. | "Looking for You" | Grant, Thomas | 4:12 |
8. | "Touch" | Grant, McPherson, O'Brian, Owsley, Thomas | 3:28 |
9. | "Innocence Lost" | Ron Hemby | 4:20 |
10. | "After the Fire" | Grant | 3:21 |
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Year | Chart | Peak position |
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2003 | US Christian Albums (Billboard) [2] | 1 |
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [7] | 23 | |
US Billboard 200 [5] | 23 | |
Title | Date | Chart | Peak position |
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"Simple Things" | August 15, 2003 | US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [6] | 23 |
August 29, 2003 | US Christian Airplay ( Billboard ) [3] | 7 | |
US Christian Songs ( Billboard ) [4] | 7 | ||
"Out In the Open" | February 20, 2004 | US Christian Songs ( Billboard ) [8] | 24 |
US Christian Airplay ( Billboard ) [9] | 24 | ||
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