"Open My Heart" is a song by

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released in 2000. The song gained Adams great popularity in the secular audiences. Being the most groundbreaking single of her career, she won several awards for this song. "Open My Heart" helped her 1999 album '' Mountain High...Valley Low'' gain

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status and reach charts heights not often attained by artists of the gospel genre. The song peaked at #10 on the

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chart, and #57 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Remixes by

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and

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helped the song peak at #29 on the

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Chart. The song was sampled by

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on his single "Can I Live."

Song Credits

* Produced by

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& James "Big Jim" Wright * Percussion & Live Drums:

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* Guitar: Mike Scott * Strings arranged by Lee Blaske & Big Jim Wright * Violins: Brenda Mickens, Carolyn Daws, Elizabeth Sobieski, Michael Sobieski, Elsa Nilsson, Leslie Shank & Thomas Kornacker * Violas: Alice Preves & Tamas Strasser * All Other Instruments played by Big Jim Wright * Background Vocals: Marva King & Yolanda Adams

Track listings

;US Promo CD Release (PRCD 1484-2) # Open Your Heart (Radio Edit) – 5:37 # Open Your Heart (Album Version) – 5:38 # Open Your Heart (Audio Bio – Song) – 1:05 # Open Your Heart (Call-Out Hook) – 0:13 ;US Promo Remix CD Release (PRCD 1556-2) # Open My Heart (Pound Boys Radio Edit) # Open My Heart (Pound Boys Vocal) # Open My Heart (Pound Boys Dub) ;US Promo 12" Remixes (ED 6238) # Open My Heart (Silk's Spiritual Workout) # Open My Heart (Silk's Open My Filter Disco Dub Instrumental) # Open My Heart (Open My Filter Disco Dub) # Open My Heart (Silk's Spiritual Workout Instrumental) ;US Double Vinyl Junior Vasquez Remixes (ED 6261) # Open My Heart (Junior's Sunday Morning Club Mix) # Open My Heart (Junior's Uplifting Mix) # Open My Heart (Junior's Sunday Morning Instrumental) # Open My Heart (Junior's Sunday Morning Beat) # Open My Heart (Junior's Acapella)

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References

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