Believe (Cher song)

"Believe"
Single by Cher
from the album Believe
ReleasedOctober 19, 1998
Genre
Length3:58
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Paul Barry
  • Steve Torch
  • Stuart Lennen
  • Brian Higgins
  • Cher
Producer(s)
  • Mark Taylor
  • Brian Rawling
Cher singles chronology
"Paradise Is Here"
(1996)
"Believe"
(1998)
"Strong Enough"
(1999)
Music video
"Believe" on YouTube

"Believe" is a song recorded by American entertainer Cher. It was released on October 19, 1998, as the lead single from her twenty-fourth studio album of the same name. The song reached the top of the charts in most countries, including the United States in March 1999. There, Cher became the artist with the longest gap between chart-toppers, after "Dark Lady" in 1974.[1] Many critics found the song to mark a career comeback for Cher. The song was written by Paul Barry, Steve Torch, Stuart Lennen, and Brian Higgins, while Mark Taylor and Brian Rawling produced it.[2] Cher wrote the second verse of the song.[3]

The song was also the first popular song to use Auto-Tune.[4] It also became Cher's best-selling song of her career. It finished as the top song of 1998 in the UK and of 1999 in the US.[5]

References

  1. "Cher | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  2. Cher - Believe, 1998-11-17, retrieved 2025-04-18
  3. Songfacts. "Believe by Cher - Songfacts". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  4. "Auto-Tune - The Best Vocal Plug-Ins Available". antarestech.com. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  5. "The Story Of… 'Believe' by Cher". Smooth. Retrieved 2025-04-18.