Charlie Hall discovered a young San Diego rock band by the name of Chin Up in 1996. He convinced them to change their name. They chose a name lifted from their favorite activity (surfing) and thus Switchfoot was born. "I Dare You To Move" was featured on their third independent release Learning to Breathe. In 2002, Warner Brothers was working on the film, A Walk To Remember, starring Mandy Moore. Moore pressured WB into highlighting Switchfoot on the soundtrack (4 songs). With the films success, the mainstream label Columbia came calling and signed Switchfoot. They changed the name of the song to "Dare You To Move" and even released another song "Meant To Live" as the lead single for their ablum A Beautiful Letdown in 2003. Says lead singer Jon Foreman, "DYTM is an attempt to honestly face the gap between who I am and who I want to be; between the way the world spins and the way it should be. I've heard it said that we only use a small part of our brain. Maybe our soul is the same way. And maybe we're half asleep most of our lives, simply reacting to the stimulus our brain receives. Action, true action, is rare indeed."
49. Shut De Do - Randy Stonehill (1983)
I have heard this song many times before and I honestly thought it was an old African American Spiritual.
48. The Warrior Is A Child - Twila Paris (1984)
Spent 18 weeks at #1 in 1984. Written after the release of her second album, this song offered a peak at the vulnerability of the rising talent. She remembers thinking, I just write these little songs and sing them. Yes, I do try to live out and work out what I write and be faithful in it. But that doesn't mean that I'm like an elder in the church, you know! While seeking the counsel of a spiritual leader in her home church, he told her, "No matter if we're a general in the army of God and have been serving God for years, and have all this experience and He's given us lots of responsibility - before Him, we're still a child."
47. Jesus Will Still Be There - Point of Grace (1993)
One of the six #1 hits off their self-titled debut album. "When it looks like you've lost it all, and you haven't got a prayer, Jesus will still be there."
46. Secret Ambition - Michael W. Smith (1988)
The video of this song told the story of the Resurrection in a very powerful way, years before Mel Gibson's movie, The Passion of the Christ, became an unexpected global phenomenon.
45. Heaven - Bebe & Cece Winans (1988)
Featured a guest appearance by Whitney Houston and became the first gospel recording to reach the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot R&B chart since Aretha Franklin's "Amazing Grace" did it in 1972.
44. People Need The Lord - Steve Green (1984)
All people need the Lord, not only the lost who have never heard of Him, but also those who are living a external, performance-based Christianity. Green calls those the "Elder Brothers" (from the Prodigal Son Parable) who never ran away from home nut were just as lost as the prodigal.
43. Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) - Amy Grant (1992)
Already written by Chris Eaton when Grant first heard it, she decided to rewrite the verses from a woman's perspective (being very pregnant herself at the time.)
42. People Get Ready, Jesus Is Comin' - Crystal Lewis (1996)
Powerful song, by a singer with a powerful voice.
41. Love Crucified Arose - Michael Card (1983)
Inspired by a line from Emily Dickinson, "When love was crucified, it arose."
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