The Way (Put Your Hand in My Hand)

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"The Way (Put Your Hand in My Hand)"
The Way cover art.jpg
Maxi CD single cover
Single by Divine Inspiration
Released6 January 2003 (2003-01-06) [1]
Length3:09

Radio Edit: 2:59

Original Mix: 8:24
Label Data, ID&T
Songwriter(s) Lee Robinson, Dave Lewin, Paul Crawley, Sarah-Jane Scott
Producer(s) Lee Robinson, Dave Lewin, Paul Crawley, Sarah-Jane Scott
Divine Inspiration singles chronology
"The Way (Put Your Hand in My Hand)"
(2003)
"What Will Be, Will Be (Destiny)"
(2003)

"The Way (Put Your Hand in My Hand)" is a single released by British music group Divine Inspiration on 6 January 2003. It reached number five on the UK Singles Chart and number 34 on the Irish Singles Chart in January 2003. It also found minor success in Germany and the Netherlands.

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australian Club Chart (ARIA) [2] 5
Australian Dance (ARIA) [3] 23
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [4] 22
Germany (GfK) [5] 83
Ireland (IRMA) [6] 34
Ireland Dance (IRMA) [7] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 81
Scotland (OCC) [9] 3
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 5
UK Dance (OCC) [11] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)Position
Australian Club Chart (ARIA) [12] 43
UK Singles (OCC) [13] 128

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