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Heart in Motion
Studio album by Amy Grant
Released	March 5, 1991
Recorded	1990
Studio	The Bennett House (Franklin, Tennessee) Quad Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) Bill Schnee Studio (North Hollywood, California) RBI Recorders (Nashville, Tennessee) The Castle (Franklin, Tennessee) Ocean Way (Hollywood, California) Sound House (North Hollywood, California) 16th Avenue Studio (Nashville, Tennessee) Sound Stage (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Dance-pop Contemporary Christian music
Length	44:19
Label	A&M Myrrh
Producer	Brown Bannister Michael Omartian Keith Thomas
Amy Grant chronology
Lead Me On (1988) Heart in Motion (1991) Home for Christmas (1992)
Singles from Heart in Motion
"Baby Baby" Released: January 18, 1991 "Hope Set High" Released: April 11, 1991 "Every Heartbeat" Released: June 13, 1991 "That's What Love Is For" Released: September 12, 1991 "Ask Me" Released: 1991 "Good for Me" Released: January 13, 1992 "I Will Remember You" Released: March 31, 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Chicago Tribune
Christgau's Consumer Guide	C
Entertainment Weekly	B+
Los Angeles Times
Music & Media	(favorable)
The Vancouver Sun

Heart in Motion is the ninth studio album by Christian singer-songwriter, Amy Grant, released on March 5, 1991. Unlike Grant's previous albums, Heart In Motion contains pop songs mingled with Christian values (with the exception of "Hope Set High" and "Ask Me"). The album features Grant's biggest worldwide hit, "Baby Baby" and was certified 5× platinum in the United States, selling over five million copies.

Commercial success

Heart in Motion peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 of the Christian albums chart for 32 weeks. It sold five million copies by the end of 1997. The first single from the album, "Baby Baby" offers the lyric that provides the album title and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. The following four singles also performed well on the pop and AC charts: "Every Heartbeat" (No. 2 Hot 100, No. 2 AC), "That's What Love Is For" (No. 7 Hot 100, No. 1 AC), "Good for Me" (No. 8 Hot 100, No. 4 AC), and "I Will Remember You" (No. 20 Hot 100, No. 2 AC). The album was listed at No. 30 in the 2001 book, The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music and was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA for sales of over five million copies.

The album also received a nomination at the Grammy Awards of 1992 for Album of the Year, which was awarded to Unforgettable... with Love by Natalie Cole. The lead single received three nominations, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year.

A 30th-anniversary remaster of the album, including a second disc of demos, outtakes, and remixes, was released by Amy Grant Productions, with distribution by Capitol Christian Music Group, on July 9, 2021.

Track listing

Personnel

• Amy Grant – lead vocals, backing vocals (3, 6–8, 10)
• Keith Thomas – arrangements (1, 2), synthesizers (1, 2), bass (1, 2), drum programming (1, 2), percussion programming (1), backing vocals (1)
• Brian Tankersley – additional synthesizer programming (1, 2)
• Robbie Buchanan – additional keyboards (3), keyboards (7, 10), bass (7), drum programming (10)
• Blair Masters – additional keyboards (3), keyboards (7)
• Charlie Peacock – keyboards (3, 7, 8, 10), programming (3), horn arrangements (3, 8), drum programming (10)
• Michael Omartian – keyboards (4–7, 9, 11), drum sequencing (5, 6, 9, 11), backing vocals (5, 6, 11)
• Jerry McPherson – guitars (1–3)
• Donald Kirkpatrick – guitars (4–6, 9)
• Dann Huff – guitars (7)
• Gordon Kennedy – guitars (7)
• Tom Hemby – guitars (10)
• Tommy Sims – bass (3, 7, 8)
• Mark Hammond – drum and percussion programming (1)
• Chris McHugh – drums (3, 7, 8)
• David Raven – drums (4)
• Chris McDonald – horn arrangements (3, 8)
• Mark Douthit – saxophone (3, 8)
• Sam Levine – baritone saxophone (8)
• Barry Green – trombone (3, 8)
• Mike Haynes – trumpet (3, 8)
• Ron Hemby – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Donna McElroy – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (2, 3)
• Chris Eaton – backing vocals (3, 7, 8)
• Kim Fleming – backing vocals (3)
• Gary Chapman – backing vocals (4)
• Diana DeWitt – backing vocals (4)
• Susanne Schwartz – backing vocals (6, 11)
• Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (7, 8), guitar (8)
• Kurt Howell – backing vocals (11)

Production

• Michael Blanton – executive producer
• Amy Grant – executive producer
• Todd Moore – production assistant (1, 2), assistant engineer (1, 2)
• Traci Sterling – production coordinator (3, 7, 8, 10)
• Richard Headen – production coordinator (3, 7, 8, 10)
• Janet Hinde – production coordinator (4–6, 9, 11)
• Bill Whittington – recording engineer (1, 2)
• Todd Culross – assistant engineer (1, 2)
• Kelly Pribble – assistant engineer (1, 2)
• Jeff Balding – audio engineer (3, 7, 8, 10), mixing (3, 8, 10)
• Bob Loftus – assistant audio engineer (3, 7, 8, 10)
• Bill Deaton – overdub engineering (3, 7, 8, 10)
• Steve Bishir – overdub engineering (3, 7, 8, 10)
• Rick Will – overdub engineering (7)
• Terry Christian – audio engineer (4–6, 9, 11), overdub engineering (7), mixing (4–6, 9, 11)
• Clark Germain – overdub engineering (10)
• David Ahlert – additional engineering (4–6, 9, 11)
• Laura Livingston – additional engineering (4–6, 9, 11)
• Clif Norrell – mix assistant (3, 8, 10)
• Oceanway Studios, Hollywood, California – mixing location (3, 8, 10)
• Brian Malouf – mixing (1, 2, 7)
• Pat MacDougal – mix assistant (1, 2, 7)
• Can-Am Studios, Tarzana, California – mixing location (1, 2, 7)
• Lighthouse, North Hollywood, California – mixing location (4–6, 9, 11)
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Precision Mastering, Hollywood, California – mastering location
• Chuck Beeson – art direction
• Rowan Moore – design
• Victoria Pearson-Cameron – photography

Chart positions

Certifications and sales

See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States

References

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External links

• Heart In Motion: 20 Years (1991-2011) at chonnie.com

• 1991 albums
• Amy Grant albums
• Albums produced by Michael Omartian
• Albums produced by Brown Bannister
• A&M Records albums