Released 20 February 1995 Genre Soft rock | Recorded 1994 Length 4:51 | |
B-side "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (live)
"The One" (live) Format CD, vinyl record (7"), audio cassette | ||
"Believe" is a 1994 song recorded by Elton John. It was the first single from his album Made in England and was released on 20 February 1995. It reached #1 in Canada. In the US, "Believe" was Elton John's fifteenth number one on the Adult Contemporary chart and also went to number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100. It gave him his third straight top twenty single in the US, with his two hit singles from Disney's The Lion King preceding it. In Europe, it was a top twenty hit in Switzerland, UK, France and Belgium (Wallonia) and achieved moderate success in several other countries. The songs which feature as B-side were recorded at the Greek Theatre, in Los Angeles.
Contents
The music video for the song was entirely in black-and-white and shot in London, featuring shots of the title screen in the beginning and end of the video.
Track listings
- "Believe" - 4:51
- "The One" (live) - 6:32
- "Believe" — 4:51
- "Believe" (live) — 4:43
- "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (live) — 3:52
- "Believe" — 4:51
- "The One" (live) — 6:32
- "Believe" (live) — 4:43
Personnel
Music video
In the black and white music video for "Believe", directed by Marcus Nispel, Elton John travels around the world in a zeppelin close to the roofs of New York City and London in the middle of one day. Some behind the scenes footage for the video was used for the 1996 documentary Elton John: Tantrums and Tiaras.