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1444:Baby Baby
1121:Unguarded
1086:Amy Grant
1053:Amy Grant
1012:Billboard
945:Pressings
925:Category
865:Position
662:Paul Leim
591:Amy Grant
584:Personnel
535:Mel TormΓ©
460:(words),
373:Amy Grant
358:Writer(s)
333:Billboard
289:Amy Grant
177:Amy Grant
130:Christmas
126:Christian
98:Mama Jo's
44:Amy Grant
841:Doug Sax
666:LinnDrum
629:(7, 8),
617:Minimoog
242:AllMusic
165:Producer
59:Recorded
51:Released
41: by
1381:Wise Up
922:Winner
631:vocoder
464:(music)
287:singer
212:(1984)
203:(1983)
194:(1983)
1360:Angels
1212:(with
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862:Chart
684:shaker
361:Length
236:Rating
233:Source
136:Length
67:Studio
930:1984
919:Year
892:1991
881:1985
870:1984
859:Year
672:(4),
668:(4),
615:(4),
603:(1),
355:Title
158:Myrrh
153:Label
121:Genre
1354:(EP)
994:2020
633:(10)
576:5:00
554:3:42
540:3:45
519:3:35
495:4:02
481:2:32
467:2:47
438:2:54
422:1:39
406:2:53
381:4:33
559:11.
545:10.
351:No.
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