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25 Great Songs about Following Your Callings

Compelling songs about the fine and fearsome art of following our callings.

“I Hear A Call”—–Emmylou Harris, Cowgirl’s Prayer

“Calling You”—–Jevetta Steele, Bagdad Cafe Soundtrack

“The Impossible Dream”—–Man of La Mancha

“Man in the Mirror”—–Michael Jackson

“Doorstep”—–Duke Greene, True Enough

“Let Go”—–John Pizzarelli & Rosemary Clooney, Brazil

“When You Wish Upon a Star”—–Cliff Edwards (Jiminy Cricket), Pinocchio

“The Calling”—–Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Calling

“Bali Hai”—–Rogers & Hammerstein, South Pacific

“If I Were Brave”—–Jana Stanfield & Jimmy Scott, Brave Faith

“Something's Coming”–—West Side Story Soundtrack

“I Believe I Can Fly”—–R. Kelley, “Space Jam” Soundtrack

“I've Got a Name”—–Jim Croce, I've Got a Name

“River of Dreams”—–Billy Joel, River of Dreams

“To Be Who I Am”—–Steve Seskin, Steve Seskin Live

“The Rose”—–Bette Midler, Experience the Divine

“Ya Gotta Believe”—–Ron Irving, You're Not Alone

“If I Fly”—–Terry Burns, Terry Burns

“You Don’t Have to be Afraid”—–Take 6, Brothers

“Chance of a Lifetime”—–Take 6, Brothers

“The Light”—–Emmylou Harris, Cowgirl’s Prayer

“Calling All Angels”—–Jane Siberry, When I Was a Boy

“Why Georgia”—–John Mayer Room for Squares

“True Calling”—– Jana Stanfield, If You Have No Fear

“Walls”—–Kennedy Rose, Walk the Line

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