Believe

E405161
single song

"Believe" is a 1998 dance-pop song by Cher that became a global hit and is widely credited with popularizing the use of Auto-Tune as a vocal effect in mainstream music.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Believe canonical 2
Believe (Cher music video) 2
Believe by Cher 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Cher ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording ⓘ
awardYear 2000 ⓘ
certification multi-platinum in the United Kingdom ⓘ
platinum in the United States ⓘ
chartPosition number one in more than 20 countries ⓘ
number one on the UK Singles Chart ⓘ
number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era late 1990s ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
CD single ⓘ
cassette single ⓘ
genre Eurodance ⓘ
dance-pop ⓘ
electropop ⓘ
hasBPM 133 ⓘ
hasHook Do you believe in life after love? ⓘ
hasKey F-sharp major ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Believe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Believe (Cher music video)
hasTempo fast ⓘ
includedInAlbum Believe (Cher album) ⓘ
influenced mainstream adoption of pitch-correction effects ⓘ
subsequent pop and dance music production ⓘ
label WEA ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:59 ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Nigel Dick ⓘ
notableFor popularizing Auto-Tune as a vocal effect in mainstream music ⓘ
partOf Cher discography ⓘ
performer Cher ⓘ
producer Brian Rawling ⓘ
Mark Taylor ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1998 ⓘ
releaseDate 1998-10-19 ⓘ
releaseYear 1998 ⓘ
sales over 11 million copies worldwide ⓘ
songwriter Brian Higgins ⓘ
Cher ⓘ
Matthew Gray ⓘ
Paul Barry ⓘ
Steven Torch ⓘ
Stuart McLennen ⓘ
Tim Powell ⓘ
surface form: Timothy Powell
titleTrackOf Believe (Cher album) ⓘ
useOfTechnique Auto-Tune ⓘ
vocalist Cher ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cher → notableWork → Believe ⓘ
Nigel Dick → notableWork → Believe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Believe (Cher music video)
The Cher Show → featuresSong → Believe ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Believe”
The Cher Show → featuresSong → Believe ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Finale (Believe)”
Auto-Tune → firstMajorHitUsage → Believe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Believe by Cher
Cherilyn Sarkisian → notableWork → Believe ⓘ
Believe → hasMusicVideo → Believe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Believe (Cher music video)