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for her 2017 album '' Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope'', from which it was released as the second single.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. *Cliff Audretch III – background vocals (track 3) *David Angell –

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(tracks 4, 5) *Nick Buda –

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(tracks 6, 7) *John Catchings – strings (tracks 4, 5) *

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– electric guitar (all tracks),

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(track 5) *Eric Darken – percussion (all tracks except 7 & 10) *David Davidson – strings (tracks 4, 5) *

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–

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(track 11) *Kim Fleming – background vocals (tracks 2, 4) * Paul Franklin –

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(all tracks except 6 & 7),

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(track 11) * Vince Gill – background vocals (track 10) *Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (tracks 8-11) *Vicki Hampton – background vocals (tracks 2, 4) *Wes Hightower – background vocals (all tracks except 6 & 10) * Randy Houser –

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(all tracks),

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(tracks 6, 8, 9) *Stephen Lamb – copyist (tracks 4, 5) *B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (tracks 1-5), gut string guitar (track 5) *Steve Mackey – bass guitar (tracks 6, 7) *Aaron Mason – background vocals (tracks 2, 4) *

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– Wurlitzer electric piano (tracks 6, 7), Hammond B-3 organ (tracks 6, 7) *Rob McNelley – electric guitar (tracks 1-7) *Steve Nathan – piano (tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11), Hammond B-3 organ (tracks 1, 3-5, 9) *Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (all tracks except 6 & 7) * Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (track 11) *Bruce Wallace – acoustic guitar (tracks 6, 7) *Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements (tracks 4, 5), strings (tracks 4, 5) *John Willis – acoustic guitar (tracks 8-11) * Lonnie Wilson – drums (all tracks except 6 & 7)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 2008 debut albums Randy Houser albums Show Dog-Universal Music albums Albums produced by Mark Wright (record producer)