Blessed (Martina McBride song)
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| "Blessed" | ||||
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| Single by Martina McBride | ||||
| from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
| B-side | "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues"[1] | |||
| Released | October 26, 2001[2] | |||
| Studio | The Money Pit (Nashville, TN)[3] | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:36 (album version) | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville | |||
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| "Blessed" at CMT.com | ||||
"Blessed" is a song by American country music artist Martina McBride, recorded specifically for her Greatest Hits (2001) compilation album. The single was written by Brett James, Troy Verges, and Hillary Lindsey and was also produced by McBride and Paul Worley. Canadian country singer-songwriter Carolyn Dawn Johnson is featured as a background vocalist. "Blessed" began receiving airplay in late October 2001 as the second single from the compilation by RCA Nashville.
The narrator talks about how she is “blessed” in many ways.
In the Greatest Hits booklet, McBride called the song a great track and how she felt it was written for her, although it wasn't specifically written for the singer.[4]
Music video
Deaton-Flanigen Productions, a production company which specializes in country music videos, filmed the video for "Blessed". While the video is set in a forest, it was actually filmed on a sound stage in Nashville, Tennessee. It is the first video of hers to feature her two older daughters, Delaney and Emma, both of whom would later be featured in the videos for "This One's for the Girls" (2003) and "Teenage Daughters" (2011). The video also features McBride's husband John McBride. The video premiered to Country Music Television (CMT) on December 9, 2001.[5] It was a huge hit and would be nominated at the inaugural 2002 CMT Flameworthy Awards for Female Video of the Year and Fashion Plate Video of the Year, with Deaton-Flanigen nominated for Video Director of the Year. "Blessed" would win Female Video, losing Fashion Plate Video to Chely Wright's "Jezebel" while Deaton-Flanigen won Video Director.[6]