Show Me the Way (Styx song)

Show Me the Way (Styx song)

Infobox Single
Name = Show Me the Way


Artist = Styx
from Album = Edge of the Century
B-side = "Back to Chicago"
Released = 1990
Recorded = 1990
Genre = Pop
Length =
Label = A&M
Writer = Dennis DeYoung
Producer = Dennis DeYoung
Reviews =
Last single = "Love Is the Ritual"
(1990)
This single = "Show Me the Way"
(1990)
Next single = "Love At First Sight"
(1991)
"Show Me the Way" is the second single released from "Edge of the Century" by Styx.

Lead vocalist/keyboardist Dennis DeYoung, a devout Roman Catholic, originally wrote the song for his son, Matthew, as a pseudo-hymn about the struggle to keep the faith in a "world so filled with hatred". Released in December 1990, the song was slowly scaling the charts in January 1991, just prior to the United States' entry into the Gulf War, and many radio DJs mixed the song with voice tracks of parents headed off to fight in the war.

The single rose up the Billboard Hot 100 all the way to #3. The song also hit #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart, remaining in the top 40 of that chart for an impressive 31 weeks. While that association undoubtedly buoyed the song's success and contributed to its lingering appeal, in fact, the single had not yet peaked [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3010304&cdi=6522729&cid=03%2F02%2F1991 Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales ] ] when the war officially ended, on February 28, 1991. [ [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/cron/ frontline: the gulf war: chronology ] ]

The song was Styx's fourth and final top 5 single to date, and comes in at #68 on the Billboard rankings of the top Hot 100 singles of 1991. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=411&cfgn=Year-end+Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3077252&cdi=9015943&cid=12%2F31%2F1991 Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales ] ]

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