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"Believe"

Single by Elton John

from the album Made in England

B-side

"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (live)
"The One" (live)

Released

20 February 1995

Format

CD maxi,7" Single

Recorded

1994

Genre

Soft rock

Length

4:51

Label

Rocket

Writer(s)

Music : Elton John
Lyrics : Bernie Taupin

Producer

Elton John, Greg Penny

Elton John singles chronology

"Circle of Life"
(1994)

"Believe"
(1995)

"Made in England"
(1995)

"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^[1]. 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.

The music video for the song was entirely in black-and-white and shot in London, featuring shots of the Believe Wall in the beginning and end of the video.

Contents

1 Track listings
2 Music video
3 Charts
- 3.1 Peak positions
- 3.2 End of year charts
4 References

Track listings

7"

"Believe" - 4:51
"The One" (live) - 6:32

CD maxi

"Believe" — 4:51
"Believe" (live) — 4:43
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (live) — 3:52

CD maxi

"Believe" — 4:51
"The One" (live) — 6:32
"Believe" (live) — 4:44

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.

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart^[2]	23
Austrian Singles Chart^[2]	21
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart^[2]	39
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart^[2]	9
Dutch Mega Top 100^[2]	47
French SNEP Singles Chart^[2]	13
German Singles Chart^[2]	56
Irish Singles Chart^[3]	24
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart^[2]	43
Swedish Singles Chart^[2]	25
Swiss Singles Chart^[2]	20
UK Singles Chart^[4]	15
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[5]	13
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks^[5]	1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream^[5]	21

End of year charts

End of year chart (1995)	Position
French Singles Chart^[6]	73
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[7]	59

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 129.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Believe", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
^ ^a ^b ^c Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
^ 1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 30, 2009)
^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1995". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1995. Retrieved 2010-08-27.

Preceded by "In the House of Stone and Light" by Martin Page	Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single May 20 - May 27, 1995	Succeeded by "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams

v t e Elton John songs

1960s and 1970s	"I've Been Loving You" (1968) "Lady Samantha" (1969) "It's Me That You Need" (1969) "Border Song" (1970) "Rock n' Roll Madonna" (1970) "From Denver to L.A." (1970) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1970) "Your Song" (1970) "Levon" (1971) "Tiny Dancer" (1972) "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)" (1972) "Honky Cat" (1972) "Crocodile Rock" (1972) "Daniel" (1972) "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (1973) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973) "Step into Christmas" (1973) "Candle in the Wind" (1974) "Bennie and the Jets" (1974) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1974) "The Bitch Is Back" (1974) "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1974) "Philadelphia Freedom" (1975) "I Saw Her Standing There" (1975) "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (1975) "Island Girl" (1975) "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" (1976) "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" (1976) "Pinball Wizard" (1976) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (1976) "Cage the Songbird" (1976) "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (1976) "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)" (1977) "Crazy Water" (1977) "The Goaldigger's Song" (1977) "Ego" (1978) "Part-Time Love" (1978) "Song for Guy" (1978) "Are You Ready for Love" (1979) "Mama Can't Buy You Love" (1979) "Johnny B. Goode" (1979)

1980s	"Little Jeannie" (1980) "Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)" (1980) "Dear God" (1980) "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (1981) "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (with Kiki Dee, 1981) "Blue Eyes" (1982) "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" (1982) "Ball and Chain" (1982) "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1982) "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (1983) "I'm Still Standing" (1983) "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (1984) "Nikita" (1985) "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) "Wrap Her Up" (1985) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1988) "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (1988) "Town of Plenty" (1988) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)" (1988) "Healing Hands" (1989) "Sacrifice" (1989)

1990s	"Club at the End of the Street" (1990) "You Gotta Love Someone" (1990) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1991) "The One" (1992) "The Last Song" (1992) "Simple Life" (1993) "True Love" (1993) "Shakey Ground" (1994) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (1994) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (1994) "Circle of Life" (1994) "Believe" (1994) "Made in England" (1995) "When the Money's Gone" (1995) "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997) "Written in the Stars" (1999)

2000s	"This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" (2002) "Original Sin" (2002) "Are You Ready for Love" (2003) "Ghetto Gospel" (2005) "Electricity" (2005) "The Bridge" (2006) "Joseph, Better You than Me" (2008)

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