Day 8 - Stephen Curtis Chapman - The Great Adventure

8. Stephen Curtis Chapman - The Great Adventure
From the album The Great Adventure (Sparrow, 1992)

This song begins with a buoyant invitation to "saddle up your horses" and challenges the listener to jump headlong into "the great adventure" of life with the assurance that God will always be right there with them. Musically, it fits easily into the contemporary pop niche, but Chapman's country roots were definirely showing. The song was a hugely popular radio hit, occupying the charts for 11 weeks. The accompanying video enjoyed some play on CMT (Country Music Television) briefly.

This was the album that, on the strength of this song, helped Chapman cross-over and achieve some mainstream success. In 1993, the song won Dove Awards for Song of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Song of the year. The video won the Dove Award for Short Form Music Video of the Year and the album won for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year. The album also won a Grammy award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album. It was certified Gold less than seven months after its release and peaked at #1 on the Christian Albums Chart.

Here is the award winning studio released concept video for the song.