Shelton’s cover of “God Gave Me You” became one of his biggest hits ... The track appeared on the album Red River Blues. That record reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a single week.

He was surprised that 'God Gave Me You' was his first hit, however (aside from an album cut by Billy Currington). He describes the lyrics as quirky and complicated, especially the lyric that goes ...

As fate would have it, the spiritual tune was penned by Dave Barnes, another Nashville-based singer-songwriter, who released the song as the lead single from his 2010 album, 'What We Want ...