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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Believe
| title =1977–78 NBA season
| Cover = Cher-believe-cover.JPG
| league =[[National Basketball Association]]
| sport =[[Basketball]]
| Artist = [[Cher]]
| from Album = [[Believe (Cher album)|Believe]]
| TV =[[NBA on CBS|CBS]]
| Released = [[October 18]] [[1998]] <small>(UK)</small><br />[[October 19]] [[1998]] <small>(France)</small><br />[[November 24]] [[1998]] <small>(U.S)</small><br />[[April 20]] [[1999]] <small>(Canada)</small><br />[[May 25]] [[1999]] <small>(Japan)</small>
| season =Regular season
| Format = [[CD single]], [[Maxi single|CD maxi-single]], [[12" single]], [[7" single]]
| season_champ =[[Washington Wizards|Washington Bullets]]
| Recorded = 1998
| MVP ={{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Walton]] ([[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]])
| Genre = [[Electronica]], [[Dance-pop]], [[Hi-NRG]]
| MVP_link =NBA MVP
| Length = 3:59
| top_scorer ={{flagicon|USA}} [[George Gervin]] ([[San Antonio Spurs|San Antonio]])
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records]], [[Warner Music Group|Wea]]
| playoffs =Playoffs
| Writer = Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennen, Paul Barry, Steven Torch, Matthew Gray, Timothy Powell
| playoffs_link =1978 NBA Playoffs
| Producer = Mark Taylor, Brian Rawling
| conf1 =Eastern
|Misc =
| conf1_link =Eastern Conference (NBA)
| conf1_champ =[[Washington Wizards|Washington Bullets]]
| Artist = [[Cher]]
| Last single = "[[Paradise Is Here]]"<br />(1996)
| conf1_runner-up =[[Philadelphia 76ers]]
| This single = "'''Believe'''"<br />(1998)
| conf2 =Western
| Next single = "[[Strong Enough (Cher song)|Strong Enough]]"<br />(1999)
| conf2_link =Western Conference (NBA)
| conf2_champ =[[Seattle SuperSonics]]
| Misc = {{Extra chronology
| conf2_runner-up =[[Denver Nuggets]]
| Artist = [[Cher]] [[Europe|European]]
| Last single = "[[The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)]]"<br />(1996)
| finals =Finals
| This single = "Believe"<br />(1998)
| finals_link =1978 NBA Finals
| Next single = "[[Strong Enough (Cher song)|Strong Enough]]"<br />(1999)
| finals_champ =[[Washington Wizards|Washington Bullets]]
| finals_runner-up =[[Seattle SuperSonics]]
| finals_MVP ={{flagicon|USA}} [[Wes Unseld]] ([[Washington Wizards|Washington]])
| finals_MVP_link =NBA Finals MVP
| seasonslist =List of NBA seasons
| seasonslistnames =NBA
| prevseason_link =1976–77 NBA season
| prevseason_year =1976–77
| nextseason_link =1978–79 NBA season
| nextseason_year =1978–79
}}
}}
}}
The '''1977–78 NBA season''' was the 32nd season of the [[National Basketball Association]]. The season ended with the [[Washington Wizards|Washington Bullets]] winning the NBA Championship, beating the [[Seattle SuperSonics]] 4 games to 3 in the [[1978 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]].

"'''Believe'''" is a [[Grammy Award]] winning global number one, Multi-Platinum [[Dance pop|Dance Song]] which served as the world-wide lead single for American singer [[Cher]]'s twenty-third studio album ''[[Believe (Cher album)|Believe]]''. It is noted for its use of a peculiar sound effect on the singer's vocals, which is referred to as the [[Cher effect]] today.

==Song information==
"Believe" was written by a number of writers including Paul Barry, Matt Gray, [[Brian Higgins (producer)|Brian Higgins]], Stuart McLellan, Timothy Powell, and Steven Torch. The song, released and recorded in 1998, peaked at number one in 23 countries worldwide <ref>[http://cherconvention.com/Cher.htm "Believe" #1 in 23 countries]</ref>. In the second week of March, 1999, it reached number one in the [[Billboard Hot 100]], making Cher the oldest female artist (at the age of 52)<ref>[http://www.everyhit.com/record3.html Record-Breakers and Trivia - everyHit.com]</ref> to perform this feat. It also was ranked as the number-one song of 1999 by ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'', and became the biggest single in her entire career. "Believe" also spent seven weeks at number one <ref>[http://www.everyhit.com/number5.html Everyhit.com - List of UK Number 1's 1990's]</ref> in the [[UK singles chart]] and is still the best selling single by a female artist in the UK. <ref>[http://vibewaves.brinkster.net/uk/top75/top100.html Top 100 singles of all time in the UK]</ref>

In March 2007, the United World Chart ranked "Believe" as the sixteenth most successful song in [[music]] history. The same chart lists "Believe" as third most successful song released by a solo female musician behind [[Whitney Houston]]'s "[[I Will Always Love You]]" and [[Celine Dion]]'s [[My Heart Will Go On]]; <ref>[http://www.mediatraffic.de/alltime-track-chart.htm 19th most successful song in history]</ref>, the biggest selling single ever for [[Warner Bros. Records]] and the biggest selling dance song ever having sold over 10 million copies worldwide. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20061012081844/http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2003/20030909_cher.html Cher and Share Alike<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It was also the song with most weeks in the top ten, remaining there for 8 weeks.

The success of the song not only expanded through each country's singles chart, but also most country's dance charts. In the United States "Believe" spent 23 weeks on the U.S. [[Hot Dance Club Play]] chart and 22 weeks on the European Hot Dance Charts. "Believe" also set a record in 1999 after spending 21 weeks in the top spot of the Billboard [[Hot Dance Singles Sales]] chart, it was still in the top ten even one year after its entry on the chart. <ref>[http://cherconvention.com/Cher.htm "Believe" Dance Singles Sales record]</ref>.

"Believe" was given the featured closing number spot for over 100 performances on Cher's 1999-2000 ''[[Do You Believe? Tour]]'' and then again the closing spot for over 300 performances on Cher's epic 2002-2005 ''[[Living Proof: The Farewell Tour]]''.

==Production and the "Cher effect"==
An interesting note about the recording of the song revolved around the highly-recognizable [[Auto-tune effect]] ("Cher effect") utilized in the verses and chorus. Producer Mark Taylor added the effect to Cher's vocal simply as a lark, and in interviews at the time, he claimed to be testing out his recently purchased the 'DigiTech Talker'. However, it later emerged that the effect was not created by a [[vocoder]], but by utilizing extreme (and then unheard) settings on auto-tune.<ref name="SOS"> {{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb99/articles/tracks661.htm |title=Recording Cher's 'Believe'|author=Sillitoe, Sue & Bell, Matt |accessdate=2007-12-18 |work=Sound On Sound |publisher=soundonsound.com }}</ref> When Cher heard the results, she demanded that the effect remain in the song, and her original vocal be erased, much to the chagrin of her record company, who wanted it removed; upon their suggestion, Cher's response to the record label was "over my dead body!"{{Fact|date=June 2008}} The vocal effect is caused by a pitch correction speed that is "set too fast for the audio that it is processing." <ref name="SOS"/>

==World use and popularity==
The song is featured on the [[Karaoke Revolution]] video game.

A [[cover version]] of this song was used in the [[Nintendo DS]] game [[Elite Beat Agents]] in the first bonus level.

Indie rock bands [[Macha (band)|Macha]] and [[Bedhead (band)|Bedhead]] recorded a cover of the song on their 2000 joint [[Extended Play|EP]] ''Macha Loved Bedhead''.

Singer-Songwriter [[Matthew Ryan (musician)|Matthew Ryan]] included the line "Cher was singing 'Do you believe in life after love'" in the song "Drunk and Disappointed" on his 2008 album [[Matthew Ryan vs. The Silver State]]

==Music video==
===Original===
[[Image:Cher in believe.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Cher in the music video for "Believe".]]
The international [[music video]] for "Believe", directed by [[Nigel Dick]], features Cher in a nightclub surrounded by many people to whom she is giving advice. The video includes a woman who is broken hearted and feels that she can't go on when she sees her ex-boyfriend with a new spouse.

The Version on 'The Very Best Of Cher DVD Collection' is slightly different to the previous version (the version that is also included on the Mallay Believe Bonus VCD) with additional scenes/shots towards the end hat were not in the original video.

There are also 2 'rough' versions of the video as the song was released in The UK and Europe before a video was completed. The first is a compilation of scenes from the videos of Cher's previous singles 'One by One' and 'Walkin' in Memphis' and the second includes a brief scene of the 'Believe Video where Cher sings the chorus while the rest of the video is comprised of scenes from 'One by One'.

===Remix videos===
Three official remix videos exist for this song. Two of the remix videos were created by Dan-O-Rama in 1999. Both follow different concepts from the original unmixed video. Instead of showing the significance of the lyrics the videos mostly show Cher with different colored backgrounds and people dancing. The two remixes used for these videos were the Almighty Definitive Mix and the Club 69 Phunk Club Mix. The third video entitled Wayne G. Remix was released by Warner Bros. and the concept is similar to the Club 69 Phunk Club Mix video.

===Live performances===
Cher has performed this song several times between its release and the end of her Farewell Tour. Footage of the majority of the performances has been released. While she would lip-synch the entire song on various television programs, she would only lip-synch the verses when performing on her Believe and Farewell tours and on the 2002 edition of [[VH1 Divas Live]]

Since 1999, the song has been the encore to all of Cher's concerts.

==Formats and track listings==
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'''Believe US CD Single'''
# Believe (Album Version)
# Believe (Xenomania Downtempo Mix)

'''Believe US CD Maxi Single'''
# Believe (Album Version)
# Believe (Phat 'N' Phunky Club Mix)
# Believe (Club 69 Phunk Club Mix)
# Believe (Almighty Definitive Mix)
# Believe (Xenomania Mad Tim And The Mekon Club Mix)
# Believe (Club 69 Future Anthem Mix)
# Believe (Grips Heartbroken Mix)
# Believe (Club 69 Future Anthem Dub)
# Believe (Club 69 Phunk Dub)
# Believe (Phat 'N' Phunky 'After Luv' Dub)

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'''Believe European CD Single Pt. 1'''
# Believe (Album Version)
# Believe (Almighty Definitive Mix)
# Believe (Xenomania Downtempo Mix)

'''Believe European CD Single Pt. 2'''
# Believe (Album Version)
# Believe (Grips Heartbroken Mix)
# Believe (Club 69 Future Mix)

{{col-end}}


==Notable occurrences==
==Official Versions==
* Main Version (3:58)
*The New York Nets move from [[Uniondale, New York]] to [[Piscataway, New Jersey]], and are renamed the [[New Jersey Nets]].
* Video Edit (3:55)
*The [[1978 NBA All-Star Game]] was played at the [[The Omni|Omni Coliseum]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], with the East beating the West 133-125. [[Randy Smith (basketball)|Randy Smith]] of the [[Los Angeles Clippers|Buffalo Braves]] wins the game's MVP award.
* Edit (3:45)
*The defending champion [[Portland Trail Blazers]] went off to a 50-10 start and looked poised to repeat, but [[Bill Walton]] broke his foot (the first of the numerous major injuries that radically shortened his career) and was out for the remainder of the season. The Blazers, hurt by Walton's absence and by other key injuries, faded to an 8-14 finish and lost to the Sonics in the Western Conference semifinals.
* Extended Remix (5:30)
* Almighty Definite Mix (7:35)
* Almighty Radio Edit
* Grips Heaven Dub (6:50)
* Grip's Heartbroken Mix (9:12)
* Grips Radio Edit
* Xenomania Mix (4:20)
* Xenomania Mad Tim And The Mekon Club Mix (9:15)
* Xenomania Mad Tim And The Mekon Radio Edit
* Club 69 Future Anthem Mix (9:20)
* Club 69 Future Anthem Dub (7:35)
* Club 69 Future Anthem Dub Edit (7:13)
* Club 69 Future Dub (7:45)
* Club 69 Future Mix (9:14)
* Club 69 Future Mix Edit (6:50)
* Club 69 Phunk Club Mix (8:43)
* Club 69 Phunk Dub (7:04)
* Phat 'N' Phunky After luv Dub Edit (6:07)
* Phat 'N' Phunky After luv Dub (6:22)
* Phat 'N' Phunky Club Mix (7:42)
* Phat 'N' Phunky Radio Edit (5:04)


==Final standings==
==Charts==
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====Eastern Conference====
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Atlantic Division'''
!align="left"|Chart (1998)<ref>"Believe", in various Singles Charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cher&titel=Believe&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved [[June 20]], [[2008]])</ref>
! Team !! W !! L !! PCT. !! GB
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[Philadelphia 76ers]] || 55 || 27 || .671 || -
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[New York Knicks]] || 43 || 39 || .524 || 12
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[Boston Celtics]] || 32 || 50 || .390 || 23
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Singles Sales]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Clippers|Buffalo Braves]] || 27 || 55 || .329 || 28
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[New Jersey Nets]] || 24 || 58 || .293 || 31
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks]]
|align="center"|2
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ '''Central Division'''
! Team !! W !! L !! PCT. !! GB
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[San Antonio Spurs]] || 52 || 30 || .634 || -
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top 40 Mainstream]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|-
|align="left"|Argentinian Singles Chart
| align="left" | [[Washington Wizards|Washington Bullets]] '''C''' || 44 || 38 || .537 || 8
|align="center"|2
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] || 43 || 39 || .524 || 9
|align="left"|Australian [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[Atlanta Hawks]] || 41 || 41 || .500 || 11
|align="left"|Austrian Singles Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|-
|align="left"|Belgian Singles Chart
| align="left" | [[Utah Jazz|New Orleans Jazz]] || 39 || 43 || .476 || 13
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|align="left"|Brazilian Airplay Chart
| align="left" | [[Houston Rockets]] || 28 || 54 || .341 || 24
|align="center"|1
|}

====Western Conference====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ '''Midwest Division'''
! Team !! W !! L !! PCT. !! GB
|-
|-
|align="left"|Croatian Singles Chart
| align="left" | [[Denver Nuggets]] || 48 || 34 || .585 || -
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|align="left"|Canadian Singles Chart
| align="left" | [[Milwaukee Bucks]] || 44 || 38 || .537 || 4
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[Chicago Bulls]] || 40 || 42 || .488 || 8
|align="left"|Danish Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[Detroit Pistons]] || 38 || 44 || .463 || 10
|align="left"|Dutch [[Mega Top 50]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[Indiana Pacers]] || 31 || 51 || .378 || 17
|align="left"|Dutch [[Dutch Top 40|Top 40]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|align="left"|European Singles Chart
| align="left" | [[Sacramento Kings|Kansas City Kings]] || 31 || 51 || .378 || 17
|align="center"|1
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ '''Pacific Division'''
! Team !! W !! L !! PCT. !! GB
|-
|-
|align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart
| align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers]] || 58 || 24 || .707 || -
|align="center"|6
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Suns]] || 49 || 33 || .598 || 9
|align="left"|French Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|align="left"|German Singles Chart
| align="left" | [[Seattle SuperSonics]] || 47 || 35 || .573 || 11
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|align="left"|Irish Singles Chart
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Lakers]] || 45 || 37 || .549 || 13
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
| align="left" | [[Golden State Warriors]] || 43 || 39 || .524 || 15
|align="left"|[[Israeli Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|align="left"|Italian Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Latvian Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Mexican Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand's Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Norwegian Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Polish Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Spanish Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Swedish Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Swedish Airplay Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|United World Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Venezuela Airplay
|align="center"|1
|-
|}
|}
|}
'''C''' - NBA Champions


==Certifications==
== 1977-78 NBA statistics leaders ==
*<small>[http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-1999.htm ARIA: Australia] [http://www.ifpi.at/edelmetal.php3 IFPI: Austria] [http://www.ifpi.de/wirtschaft/gpergebnis.php?txtSuche=cher&strAktion=suche IFPI: Germany] [http://www.disqueenfrance.com/certifications/single.asp?forme_certif=10&annee=15 SNEP: France] [http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60463&formposted=no&pagenr=2 NVPI: Netherlands] [http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist Norway] [http://www.ifpi.se/02.images/01.top/02.subnav_pdf/04.guld_platina/pdf/1999.pdf IFPI: Sweden] [http://www.hitparade.ch/awards.asp?year=1998 IFPI: Switzerland] [http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/search_results.asp RIAA: U.S.] [http://www.mediatraffic.de/week23-1999.htm Media Traffic: World]</small>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+
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{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!align="left"|Country
!align="left"|Providers
!align="left"|Certification
!align="left"|Sales
|-
|-
|align="left"|Australia
! Category !! Player || Team || Stat
|align="left"|[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]
|align="right"|3x Platinum
|align="right"|210,000
|-
|-
|align="left"|Austria
| Points per game || [[George Gervin]] || [[San Antonio Spurs]] || 27.21
|align="left"|[[IFPI]]
|align="right"|Platinum
|align="right"|30,000
|-
|-
|align="left"|France
| Rebounds per game || [[Truck Robinson]] || [[Utah Jazz|New Orleans Jazz]] || 15.7
|align="left"|[[Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique|SNEP]]
|align="right"|Diamond
|align="right"|750,000
|-
|-
|align="left"|Germany
| Assists per game || [[Kevin Porter]] || [[Detroit Pistons|Detroit]]-[[New Jersey Nets|New Jersey]] || 10.2
|align="left"|[[IFPI]]
|align="right"|5x Gold , >2x Platinum
|align="right"|1,200,000
|-
|-
|align="left"|Netherlands
| Steals per game || [[Ron Lee]] || [[Phoenix Suns]] || 2.74
|align="left"|[[IFPI]]
|align="right"|Platinum
|align="right"|60,000
|-
|-
|}
| Blocks per game || [[George Johnson (basketball)|George Johnson]] || New Jersey Nets || 3.38

{{col-2}}

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"
!align="left"|Country
!align="left"|Providers
!align="left"|Certification
!align="left"|Sales
|-
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand
| FG% || [[Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)|Bobby Jones]] || [[Denver Nuggets]] || 57.8
|align="left"|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]]
|align="right"|Gold
|align="right"|5,000
|-
|-
|align="left"|Norway
| FT% || [[Rick Barry]] || [[Golden State Warriors]] || 92.4
|align="left"|[[IFPI]]
|align="right"|2x Platinum
|align="right"|20,000
|-
|align="left"|Sweden
|align="left"|[[IFPI]]
|align="right"|3x Platinum
|align="right"|60,000
|-
|align="left"|Switzerland
|align="left"|[[IFPI]]
|align="right"|Platinum
|align="right"|30,000
|-
|align="left"|United Kingdom
|align="left"|[[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]
|align="right"|3x Platinum
|align="right"|1,672,000
|-
|align="left"|United States
|align="left"|[[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]
|align="right"|2x Platinum
|align="right"|2,000,000
|-
|-
|}
|}


{{col-end}}
==NBA awards==

*'''Most Valuable Player:''' [[Bill Walton]], [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
==Achievements==
*'''Rookie of the Year:''' [[Walter Davis (basketball)|Walter Davis]], [[Phoenix Suns]]
{{start box}}
*'''Coach of the Year:''' [[Hubie Brown]], [[Atlanta Hawks]]
{{succession box
*'''All-NBA First Team:'''
| before = None
**[[Julius Erving]], [[Philadelphia 76ers]]
| title = World best-performing single [http://www.mediatraffic.de/top-track-achievements.htm]
**[[Truck Robinson]], [[Utah Jazz|New Orleans Jazz]]
| years = [[1998]] - [[2008]]
**[[Bill Walton]], Portland Trail Blazers
| after = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] presents [[OneRepublic]]
**[[George Gervin]], [[San Antonio Spurs]]
}}
**[[David Thompson]], [[Denver Nuggets]]
{{succession box
*'''All-NBA Rookie Team:'''
| before = "[[Too Close]]" by [[Next (band)|Next]]
**[[Bernard King]], [[New Jersey Nets]]
| title = [[Billboard Hot 100]] [[Billboard Year-End|Single of the Year]]
**[[Marques Johnson]], [[Milwaukee Bucks]]
| years = [[1999]]
**[[Jack Sikma]], [[Seattle SuperSonics]]
| after = "[[Breathe (Faith Hill song)|Breathe]]" by [[Faith Hill]]
**[[Norm Nixon]], [[Los Angeles Lakers]]
}}
**[[Walter Davis (basketball)|Walter Davis]], [[Phoenix Suns]]
{{succession box
*'''NBA All-Defensive First Team:'''
| before = "[[My Heart Will Go On]]" by [[Celine Dion]]
**[[Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)|Bobby Jones]], [[Denver Nuggets]]
| title = United World Chart Single of the Year
**[[Maurice Lucas]], [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
| years = [[1999]]
**[[Bill Walton]], [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
| after = "[[Music (Madonna song)|Music]] by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
**[[Lionel Hollins]], [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
}}
**[[Don Buse]], [[Phoenix Suns]]
{{succession box
*'''NBA All-Defensive Second Team:'''
| before = "[[Gym And Tonic]]" by [[Spacedust]]
**[[E.C. Coleman]], [[Golden State Warriors]]
| title = [[UK Singles Chart]] [[1998 in British music|number-one single]]
**[[Bob Gross]], [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
| years = [[October 25]] [[1998]] - [[December 6]],[[1998]]
**[[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]], [[Los Angeles Lakers]] (tie)
| after = "[[To You I Belong]]" by [[B*Witched]]
**[[Artis Gilmore]], [[Chicago Bulls]] (tie)
}}
**[[Norm Van Lier]], [[Chicago Bulls]]
{{succession box
**[[Quinn Buckner]], [[Milwaukee Bucks]]
| before = "Irreplaceable" by Kerri Ann
| title = [[Irish Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[November 14]] [[1998]] - [[December 19]] [[1998]]
| after = "[[Goodbye (Spice Girls song)|Goodbye]]" by [[Spice Girls]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Crush (Jennifer Paige song)|Crush]]" by [[Jennifer Paige]]
| title = United World Chart [[Number-one hits of 1998 (World)|number one single]]
| years = [[December 5]] [[1998]] - [[March 13]] [[1999]]
| after = "[[…Baby One More Time (song)|..Baby One More Time]]" by [[Britney Spears]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Goodbye (Spice Girls song)|Goodbye]]" by [[Spice Girls]]
| title = [[RIANZ|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[January 10]] [[1999]]
| after = "[[Take Me There (Blackstreet song)|Take Me There]]" by [[Blackstreet]] featuring [[Mýa]], [[Mase]] and [[Blinky Blink]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Big Big World]]" by [[Emilia Rydberg|Emilia]]
| title = [[Dutch Top 40]] number-one single
| years = [[January 16]] [[1999]]
| after = "[[Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)]]" by [[The Offspring]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "Mais qui est la belette?" by [[Manau]]
| title = [[SNEP|French SNEP Singles Chart]] [[List of French number-one hits of 1999|number-one single]]
| years = [[January 23]] [[1999]]
| after = "[[Tu m'oublieras]]" by [[Larusso]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)]]" by [[The Offspring]]
| title = [[ARIA Charts|Australia ARIA Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[January 24]] [[1999]] - [[February 21]] [[1999]]
| after = "[[…Baby One More Time (song)|..Baby One More Time]]" by [[Britney Spears]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Angel of Mine (song)|Angel of Mine]]" by [[Monica (singer)|Monica]]
| title = [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number-one single]]
| years = [[March 13]] [[1999]] - [[April 3]] [[1999]]
| after = "[[No Scrubs]]" by [[TLC (music)|TLC]]
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| before = "[[The First Night]]" by [[Monica (singer)|Monica]]
| title = [[Hot Dance Club Play|''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play]] number-one single
| years = [[December 12]] [[1998]] - [[January 9]] [[1999]]
| after = "[[Up & Down]]" by [[Vengaboys]]
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| before = "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]" by [[Aerosmith]]
| title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] number-one single
| years = [[November 21]] [[1998]] - [[February 20]] [[1999]]
| after = "Big Big World" by [[Emilia Rydberg|Emilia]]
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==References==
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==See also==
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"Believe"
Song

"Believe" is a Grammy Award winning global number one, Multi-Platinum Dance Song which served as the world-wide lead single for American singer Cher's twenty-third studio album Believe. It is noted for its use of a peculiar sound effect on the singer's vocals, which is referred to as the Cher effect today.

Song information

"Believe" was written by a number of writers including Paul Barry, Matt Gray, Brian Higgins, Stuart McLellan, Timothy Powell, and Steven Torch. The song, released and recorded in 1998, peaked at number one in 23 countries worldwide [1]. In the second week of March, 1999, it reached number one in the Billboard Hot 100, making Cher the oldest female artist (at the age of 52)[2] to perform this feat. It also was ranked as the number-one song of 1999 by Billboard, and became the biggest single in her entire career. "Believe" also spent seven weeks at number one [3] in the UK singles chart and is still the best selling single by a female artist in the UK. [4]

In March 2007, the United World Chart ranked "Believe" as the sixteenth most successful song in music history. The same chart lists "Believe" as third most successful song released by a solo female musician behind Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On; [5], the biggest selling single ever for Warner Bros. Records and the biggest selling dance song ever having sold over 10 million copies worldwide. [6] It was also the song with most weeks in the top ten, remaining there for 8 weeks.

The success of the song not only expanded through each country's singles chart, but also most country's dance charts. In the United States "Believe" spent 23 weeks on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart and 22 weeks on the European Hot Dance Charts. "Believe" also set a record in 1999 after spending 21 weeks in the top spot of the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales chart, it was still in the top ten even one year after its entry on the chart. [7].

"Believe" was given the featured closing number spot for over 100 performances on Cher's 1999-2000 Do You Believe? Tour and then again the closing spot for over 300 performances on Cher's epic 2002-2005 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour.

Production and the "Cher effect"

An interesting note about the recording of the song revolved around the highly-recognizable Auto-tune effect ("Cher effect") utilized in the verses and chorus. Producer Mark Taylor added the effect to Cher's vocal simply as a lark, and in interviews at the time, he claimed to be testing out his recently purchased the 'DigiTech Talker'. However, it later emerged that the effect was not created by a vocoder, but by utilizing extreme (and then unheard) settings on auto-tune.[8] When Cher heard the results, she demanded that the effect remain in the song, and her original vocal be erased, much to the chagrin of her record company, who wanted it removed; upon their suggestion, Cher's response to the record label was "over my dead body!"[citation needed] The vocal effect is caused by a pitch correction speed that is "set too fast for the audio that it is processing." [8]

World use and popularity

The song is featured on the Karaoke Revolution video game.

A cover version of this song was used in the Nintendo DS game Elite Beat Agents in the first bonus level.

Indie rock bands Macha and Bedhead recorded a cover of the song on their 2000 joint EP Macha Loved Bedhead.

Singer-Songwriter Matthew Ryan included the line "Cher was singing 'Do you believe in life after love'" in the song "Drunk and Disappointed" on his 2008 album Matthew Ryan vs. The Silver State

Music video

Original

File:Cher in believe.jpg
Cher in the music video for "Believe".

The international music video for "Believe", directed by Nigel Dick, features Cher in a nightclub surrounded by many people to whom she is giving advice. The video includes a woman who is broken hearted and feels that she can't go on when she sees her ex-boyfriend with a new spouse.

The Version on 'The Very Best Of Cher DVD Collection' is slightly different to the previous version (the version that is also included on the Mallay Believe Bonus VCD) with additional scenes/shots towards the end hat were not in the original video.

There are also 2 'rough' versions of the video as the song was released in The UK and Europe before a video was completed. The first is a compilation of scenes from the videos of Cher's previous singles 'One by One' and 'Walkin' in Memphis' and the second includes a brief scene of the 'Believe Video where Cher sings the chorus while the rest of the video is comprised of scenes from 'One by One'.

Remix videos

Three official remix videos exist for this song. Two of the remix videos were created by Dan-O-Rama in 1999. Both follow different concepts from the original unmixed video. Instead of showing the significance of the lyrics the videos mostly show Cher with different colored backgrounds and people dancing. The two remixes used for these videos were the Almighty Definitive Mix and the Club 69 Phunk Club Mix. The third video entitled Wayne G. Remix was released by Warner Bros. and the concept is similar to the Club 69 Phunk Club Mix video.

Live performances

Cher has performed this song several times between its release and the end of her Farewell Tour. Footage of the majority of the performances has been released. While she would lip-synch the entire song on various television programs, she would only lip-synch the verses when performing on her Believe and Farewell tours and on the 2002 edition of VH1 Divas Live

Since 1999, the song has been the encore to all of Cher's concerts.

Formats and track listings

Official Versions

  • Main Version (3:58)
  • Video Edit (3:55)
  • Edit (3:45)
  • Extended Remix (5:30)
  • Almighty Definite Mix (7:35)
  • Almighty Radio Edit
  • Grips Heaven Dub (6:50)
  • Grip's Heartbroken Mix (9:12)
  • Grips Radio Edit
  • Xenomania Mix (4:20)
  • Xenomania Mad Tim And The Mekon Club Mix (9:15)
  • Xenomania Mad Tim And The Mekon Radio Edit
  • Club 69 Future Anthem Mix (9:20)
  • Club 69 Future Anthem Dub (7:35)
  • Club 69 Future Anthem Dub Edit (7:13)
  • Club 69 Future Dub (7:45)
  • Club 69 Future Mix (9:14)
  • Club 69 Future Mix Edit (6:50)
  • Club 69 Phunk Club Mix (8:43)
  • Club 69 Phunk Dub (7:04)
  • Phat 'N' Phunky After luv Dub Edit (6:07)
  • Phat 'N' Phunky After luv Dub (6:22)
  • Phat 'N' Phunky Club Mix (7:42)
  • Phat 'N' Phunky Radio Edit (5:04)

Charts

Certifications

Achievements

Preceded by
None
 World best-performing single [1]
1998 - 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 Single of the Year
1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United World Chart Single of the Year
1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
October 25 1998 - December 6,1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Irreplaceable" by Kerri Ann
 Irish Singles Chart number-one single
November 14 1998 - December 19 1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United World Chart number one single
December 5 1998 - March 13 1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart number-one single
January 10 1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Dutch Top 40 number-one single
January 16 1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Mais qui est la belette?" by Manau
 French SNEP Singles Chart number-one single
January 23 1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australia ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
January 24 1999 - February 21 1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
March 13 1999 - April 3 1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play number-one single
December 12 1998 - January 9 1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
November 21 1998 - February 20 1999 		Succeeded by
"Big Big World" by Emilia

References

  1. ^ "Believe" #1 in 23 countries
  2. ^ Record-Breakers and Trivia - everyHit.com
  3. ^ Everyhit.com - List of UK Number 1's 1990's
  4. ^ Top 100 singles of all time in the UK
  5. ^ 19th most successful song in history
  6. ^ Cher and Share Alike
  7. ^ "Believe" Dance Singles Sales record
  8. ^ a b Sillitoe, Sue & Bell, Matt. "Recording Cher's 'Believe'". Sound On Sound. soundonsound.com. Retrieved 2007-12-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Believe", in various Singles Charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved June 20, 2008)
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