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
Writer(s)	Charlie Black Rory Michael 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 Michael 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 Anne 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. On the pop singles chart, "Blessed Are the Believers" peaked at number thirty-four on the Top 40.

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	13
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	34

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "But You Know I Love You" by Dolly Parton	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single June 27, 1981	Succeeded by "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" by Barbara Mandrell
Preceded by "Elvira" by The Oak Ridge Boys	RPM Country Tracks number-one single June 27-July 4, 1981	Succeeded by "Too Many Lovers" by Crystal Gayle