Bless the Broken Road
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| Song by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band from the album Acoustic | |
| Released | 1994 |
| Genre | Country, Pop |
| Length | 3:50 |
| Label | Liberty |
| Writer(s) |
Marcus Hummon Bobby Boyd Jeff Hanna |
| Producer(s) | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| "Bless the Broken Road" | |
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| Song by Marcus Hummon from the album All in Good Time | |
| Released | 1995 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 4:09 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Writer(s) |
Marcus Hummon Bobby Boyd Jeff Hanna |
| Producer(s) | Monroe Jones |
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| Single by Melodie Crittenden | ||||
| from the album Melodie Crittenden | ||||
| Released | January 1998 | |||
| Format | CD Single | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Asylum #9945 | |||
| Writer(s) |
Marcus Hummon Bobby Boyd Jeff Hanna |
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| Producer(s) |
Byron Gallimore Stephony Smith |
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| Single by Rascal Flatts | ||||
| from the album Feels Like Today | ||||
| Released | November 1, 2004 | |||
| Format | CD single, music download | |||
| Genre | Country, Christian country | |||
| Length | 3:46 (Album Version) 3:38 (Single Version) |
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| Label | Lyric Street | |||
| Writer(s) |
Marcus Hummon Bobby Boyd Jeff Hanna |
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| Producer(s) |
Mark Bright Marty Williams |
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| Single by Selah with Melodie Crittenden | ||||
| from the album Bless the Broken Road: The Duets Album | ||||
| Released | 2006 | |||
| Format | CD Single | |||
| Genre | Contemporary Christian music | |||
| Length | 4:10 | |||
| Label | Curb | |||
| Writer(s) |
Marcus Hummon Bobby Boyd Jeff Hanna |
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| Producer(s) | Allan Hall, Jason Kyle, Todd D. Smith | |||
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"Bless the Broken Road" is a song that has been recorded by several American country music artists. It was co-written by Marcus Hummon, Bobby Boyd and Jeff Hanna in 1994. It was first recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1994, followed by Hummon on his 1995 album All in Good Time.
Since then, many artists have recorded the song with Rascal Flatts's version being the highest-charting, becoming a number 1 hit on the Billboard country music charts in 2005 and earning the songwriters a Grammy Award for Best Country Song.
Singer-songwriter Marcus Hummon co-wrote the song with Jeff Hanna (of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) and Bobby Boyd. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recorded it for the 1994 album Acoustic. One year later, Hummon covered the song for his debut album All in Good Time for Columbia Records. His rendition includes backing vocals from Hanna and Matraca Berg. Michael McCall of New Country magazine thought that Hummon's rendition was the best track on the album.
Sons of the Desert recorded its own version of the song, for a planned second album on Epic Records that would have been released in 1998. This album was not released, due to a dispute between the band and its label.
Since then, many artists have recorded the song including Melodie Crittenden, Geoff Moore, Selah, Jamie Slocum, Carrie Underwood, Buddy Greene, and Rascal Flatts.
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