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"I Believe in You and Me"
Single by The 4 Tops
from the anthology One More Mount
Released 1983
Genre
  • Soul
  • Ballad
Length iv:02
Label Casablanca
Songwriter(southward)
  • Sandy Linzer
  • David Wolfert
The 4 Tops singles chronology
"Tonight I'thou Gonna Dearest Y'all All Over"
(1982) 		"I Believe in Yous and Me"
(1983) 		"I But Can't Walk Abroad"
(1983)

"I Believe in You and Me" is a song written by Sandy Linzer and David Wolfert in 1982. The song was first recorded and released by the R&B grouping The Four Tops, who released it equally a single from their album One More Mountain (1982). While it failed to reach the Us Meridian 40, it became a moderate striking for the group on the US Billboard R&B nautical chart, peaking at number forty in early 1983.

In 1996, R&B/pop singer Whitney Houston recorded a embrace of the song for her film The Preacher'southward Wife and released it equally a single. Following its release, the song became a pinnacle 5 pop and R&B striking in the US, too peaking on music charts worldwide.

History and composition [edit]

The original version recorded by The Four Tops was a moderate success, charting at number 40 on the Usa Billboard'due south Hot Black Singles chart.[1]

Due to the bigger success of the Whitney Houston version, "I Believe in Yous and Me" is nigh popularly known as a Whitney Houston song.

Shortly before the death of Four Tops pb singer Levi Stubbs in 2008, who was sidelined from the group due to complications of a stroke, and confined to a wheelchair, appeared with the other members of The Four Tops, and Aretha Franklin, and sang "I Believe In You and Me" live onstage in Detroit, in his last television appearance on From The Heart: The Four Tops 50th Ceremony Special (2004) on PBS.[2] [three]

Charts [edit]

Chart (1983) Acme
position
Us Hot Black Singles (Billboard)[1] forty

Whitney Houston version [edit]

"I Believe in Yous and Me"
I Believe In You And Me US Promo Single Cover.jpg
Single by Whitney Houston
from the anthology The Preacher'south Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
Released December 10, 1996 (U.S.)
March 17, 1997 (U.K.)
Recorded 1996
Genre
  • R&B
  • gospel
Length iii:55
Label Arista
Songwriter(s)
  • Sandy Linzer
  • David Wolfert
Producer(s)
  • Mervyn Warren
  • Whitney Houston
  • David Foster
Whitney Houston singles chronology
"Why Does Information technology Hurt So Bad"
(1996) 		"I Believe in You and Me"
(1996) 		"Step past Step"
(1996)
Music video
"I Believe in You and Me" on YouTube

Thirteen years later in 1996, Whitney Houston recorded a encompass of the song for her soundtrack anthology The Preacher'southward Married woman, produced by Mervyn Warren and herself on the moving picture version, and David Foster on the single version of the song. Houston received a Grammy nomination for All-time Female person R&B Vocal Performance for her performance of the song at the 40th Almanac Grammy Awards on February 25, 1998.[4] [5] Whitney Houston's version was edited & sampled to create a duet with Barry Manilow for his album My Dream Duets (2014).

Limerick [edit]

"I Believe in You and Me" is a ho-hum tempo R&B song with strong gospel influences. Written in the fundamental of C major, the beat is set in common time and moves at a slow 66 beats per minute. Houston'south vocals in the vocal spans from the low annotation of G3 to the loftier note of Afive.[half-dozen]

Critical response [edit]

Billboard gave the song a positive review, saying "As she did with Dolly Parton'due south 'I Will Always Love You,' Houston redefines the composition with a soaring, glass-shattering performance that will leave her legions of fans breathless."[7] J. D. Considine of The Baltimore Sunday called the song "the Designated Hit Ballad" and added "[it] is pretty much what we've come to expect from Houston ― a slow, Streisand-esque build-up, a subtle sense of drama and a large, full-voiced payoff in the final chorus."[8] In his review for The Preacher'due south Married woman Soundtrack, Neil Strauss from The New York Times praised the song as one of "the year's nearly virtuosic popular ballads."[9] While reviewing the soundtrack, Elysa Gardner of Los Angeles Times wrote described it as "a cheesy classic in the tradition of 'I Will Always Love You,' with an instantly familiar melody and a poignant, bolero-like arrangement."[10]

Commercial functioning [edit]

"I Believe in Yous and Me", the beginning unmarried from The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack, debuted at number seven and number six, on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B Singles charts, the consequence date of December 28, 1996, respectively.[11] [12] Iv weeks later, on January 25, 1997, it was released in the R&B marketplace as a two-sided single with "Somebody Bigger Than Yous and I" from the soundtrack. It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot R&B chart, staying on the chart for 20 weeks.[13] The following week, it as well reached a peak of number four on the Billboard Hot 100 nautical chart, becoming Houston's 16th top five hit.[14] The song entered the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart at number nineteen, the outcome appointment of Dec fourteen, 1996 and peaked at number 2, making information technology her 21st top 10 hit of the chart, the event engagement of March 1, 1997.[15] [16] The song was ranked xxx-three on the 1997 Billboard Year-end Hot 100 Singles chart.[17] Additionally, "I Believe in You and Me/Somebody Bigger Than You lot and I" two-sided single placed at position number 20-9 on the 1997 Billboard Year-end Hot R&B Singles nautical chart.[eighteen] The single was certified Platinum for the shipments of ane,000,000 copies or more than by the Recording Manufacture Association of America (RIAA) on Feb 4, 1997, becoming Houston's fourth Platinum single.[19]

Worldwide, it was released as the second single from the soundtrack after "Step by Step". The single peaked at number xvi on the Great britain Singles Nautical chart,[20] number 59 in Canada and number 46 in Sweden.

Alive performances [edit]

Houston performed "I Believe in You and Me" on Saturday Night Live on Dec xiv, 1996.[21] Houston likewise sang the song on the National Lottery show, broadcast live on the BBC in the United Kingdom on March 15, 1997.[22] The song was performed in some concerts on her 1998 European Tour. For her 1999 My Love Is Your Dearest World Bout, it was used to open up a medley of motion picture soundtrack songs.[ citation needed ] Houston performed the vocal along with "I Will Always Love You" every bit a part of medley for the 25th Anniversary Commemoration of Arista Records, taped at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on April 10 and afterward broadcast on NBC, May 15, 2000.[ citation needed ] In 2004, she performed a similar medley equally part of a tribute to Clive Davis at the 16th World Music Awards on September 15, 2004.[23] This operation was included in the 2014 CD/DVD release, Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances.[24]

Track listings and formats [edit]

Notable cover versions [edit]

  • CeCe Winans performed the vocal to tribute to Whitney Houston, the first ever recipient of the Triumphant Spirit Award at the 10th almanac Essence Awards, taped on April 4, 1997 and broadcast later Play a trick on TV, May 22, 1997.[29]
  • At the 12th almanac Soul Train Music Awards on February 27, 1998, the song was performed by Kenny Lattimore and Terry Ellis as part of a musical tribute to Houston, who was honored with the Quincy Jones Laurels for outstanding career achievements in the field of amusement on the ceremony.[30] [31]
  • Kim Burrell sang the jazzy version of the song to tribute to Houston, who was honoree in amusement field, and received a standing ovation on The 2010 BET Honors, taped at the Warner Theatre on January 16 and afterwards aired on BET, Feb 1, 2010.[32] [33]
  • Usher performed this song in the CBS special "Grammy presents: Nosotros Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston".[34]
  • American R&B singer, David Peaston, won a Soul Railroad train Music Accolade for Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist, likewise recorded the song for his Mixed Emotions album (1991).[35]

Charts and certifications [edit]

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External links [edit]

  • I Believe in You and Me at Discogs

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Believe_in_You_and_Me

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