You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer)

You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer) is the twenty-first studio album and third gospel album by American singer B. J. Thomas, released in 1979.

Track listing

 * 1) "Using Things and Loving People" (Hal David, Archie P. Jordan) - 3:27
 * 2) "Jesus on My Mind" (Jerry Gillespie) - 3:18
 * 3) "You Gave Me Love" (Archie P. Jordan, Claire Cloninger) - 3:26
 * 4) "The Faith of a Little Child" (Donna McLaughlin) - 4:20
 * 5) "I'm Gonna See Jesus" (Archie P. Jordan) - 2:45
 * 6) "Lord, I'm Just a Baby" (Archie P. Jordan, Teddy Wilburn) - 2:52
 * 7) "What Your Love Did for Me" (Claire Cloninger, Archie P. Jordan) - 3:06
 * 8) "I Need to Be Still (And Let God Love Me)" (Archie P. Jordan, Naomi Martin) - 2:45
 * 9) "Love Has Arrived" (Kent Robbins) - 3:09
 * 10) "He's Walking in My Shoes" (Hank Martin, Archie P. Jordan) - 3:07

Personnel

 * B.J. Thomas – vocals
 * Carl Greeson, Archie Jordan and Bobby Wood – keyboards
 * Reggie Young – guitars
 * Mike Leech – bass
 * Jerry Kroon and Larrie Londin – drums
 * Farrell Morris – bells, vibraphone
 * Billy Puett – baritone saxophone, flute
 * Buddy Skipper – tenor saxophone
 * Bobby Taylor – oboe
 * Roger Bissell and Dennis Good – trombone
 * Don Sheffield and George Tidwell – trumpet
 * Tom McAninch – French horn
 * Roy Christensen – cello
 * Marvin Chantry and Gary Vanosdale – viola
 * George Binkley, Carl Gorodetzky, Shelly Kurland, Wilfred Lehmann, Steven Smith, Pamela Vanosdale and Stephanie Woolf – violin
 * Mary Boone, Tom Brannon, Janie Fricke, Hank Martin, Donna McElroy, Donna McLaughlin, Donna Sheridan and Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
 * Students of David Lipscomb Elementary School – children's choir
 * Ann Elizabeth Lokey – choir director

Production

 * Archie P. Jordan – producer, arrangements
 * Joe Wilson – engineer
 * Glaser Sound Studio (Nashville, Tennessee) – recording and mixing location
 * Jim Loyd – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
 * Doug Abdelnour – photography
 * Dennis Hill – design

Chart performance
You Gave Me Love peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Best Selling Inspirational LPs in July 1980.

Awards
The album won the Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance in 1980.