Blessed (Martina McBride song)

"Blessed"
Single by Martina McBride
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues"[1]
Released October 22, 2001
Format music download, CD single
Genre Country
Length 4:36 (album version)
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Brett James, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges
Producer(s) Paul Worley
Martina McBride singles chronology
"When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues"
(2001)		 "Blessed"
(2001)		 "Where Would You Be"
(2002)

"When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues"
(2001)		 "Blessed"
(2001)		 "Where Would You Be"
(2002)
Music video
"Blessed" at CMT.com

"Blessed" is a song written by Brett James, Troy Verges, and Hillary Lindsey and recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride. It was released in October 2001 as the second single from McBride’s Greatest Hits album. In March 2002, it became her fifth and last number one single on the US Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Content

The narrator talks about how she is “blessed” in many ways.

Music video

The music video was directed by Deaton Flanigen and premiered in late 2001. It is the first of her videos to feature her 2 older daughters, who would later appear in the videos for "This One's For The Girls" and "Teenage Daughters". The video also features her husband John, and although set in a forest, it was actually filmed on a soundstage in Nashville.

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[2]

  • Matt Chamberlain — drums
  • David Huff — programming
  • Carolyn Dawn Johnson — background vocals
  • Troy Lancaster — electric guitar
  • B. James Lowry — acoustic guitar
  • Martina McBride — lead and background vocals
  • Jerry McPherson — electric guitar
  • Steve Nathan — Hammond B-3 organ
  • Biff Watson — acoustic guitar
  • Glenn Worf — bass guitar
  • Jonathan Yudkin — violin, viola, cello

Chart performance

"Blessed" debuted at No. 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 3, 2001.

Chart (2001–2002) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 31

Year-end charts

Chart (2002) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 9

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 262. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ Greatest Hits (CD booklet). Martina McBride. RCA Records. 2001. 67012.
  3. ↑ "Martina McBride Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ↑ "Martina McBride Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "Best of 2002: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2002. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
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