Subh Sukh Chain was especially invited to play the tune of "Subh Sukh Chain" of the INA along with the members of his orchestra group. During the Indian independence movement, the song Vande Mataram was frequently sung at protest meetings. At the proclamation of the Provisional Government of Free India in Singapore in October 1943, Vande Mataram was sung by the crowd. Muslims were, however, not comfortable with the expressly Hindu metaphors used in the song, and disliked the rabidly communal anti-Muslim tenor of the book, Anandamath, in which it had been first published. The leaders of the Indian National Army in Singapore
I Exalt Thee GMA Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year. "I Exalt Thee" reached #15 on "Billboard"s Inspirational LPs. AllMusic gives the album 4.5 stars. The album includes three original songs by Driscoll, three standards, and three modern tracks from other songwriters. The title track, "I Exalt Thee", had been written by Pete Sanchez in 1975 and copyrighted in 1976. It was not, however, until Driscoll popularized it with this 1983 eponymous album, that the song and Sanchez gained national and international attention. The album was the first collaboration between Driscoll and producer, arranger, and songwriter Lari Goss, spawned by a