I Still Believe in You (Cliff Richard song)

"I Still Believe in You" is a song recorded by British singer Cliff Richard. It was released as a single in November 1992 and peaked at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. It was the first single to be released off his 1993 album The Album.

"I Still Believe in You"
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album The Album
B-side"Bulange Downpour"
Released23 November 1992 (1992-11-23)[1]
Length3:44
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Paul Moessl
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"This New Year"
(1991)
"I Still Believe in You"
(1992)
"Peace in Our Time"
(1993)
Music video
"I Still Believe in You" on YouTube

Music video

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Richard performs the song against a backdrop of gauzes and screens with images overlays of a woman and young girl as the subject of the song. The video was recorded on 3 November 1992, produced by Jayne Griffiths and directed by Paul Cox.[2][3]

2014 support campaign

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Richard's fans mounted a social media support campaign for him in 2014 after allegations that fans fervently believed were false were made against him. The support campaign encouraged his fans to download the track to get it into the UK Singles chart.[4] The campaign was successful in getting the song to number 57 in the weekly singles chart.[5]

Track listing

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7-inch vinyl and cassette single [6]

  1. "I Still Believe in You"
  2. "Bulange Downpour"

CD single – Part 1 [7]

  1. "I Still Believe in You"
  2. "Bulange Downpour"
  3. "There's No Power in Pity"

CD single – Part 2 [8]

  1. "I Still Believe in You"
  2. "Remember" ("When Two Worlds Drift Apart") (French adaption)
  3. "Ocean Deep"

Charts

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Chart (1992) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 7
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 18
Chart (2014) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 57

References

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  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 21 November 1992. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Records/CD/Video". Dynamite International (145). Utrecht, Netherlands: The International Cliff Richard Movement: 2. December 1992 – January 1993.
  3. ^ Read, Mike; Lewry, Peter; Goodall, Nigel (1993). Cliff Richard - The Complete Chronicle. London: Hamlyn. p. 296. ISBN 0600578976.
  4. ^ "Cliff Richard fans bid to get 1992 single 'I Still Believe In You' to number one in wake of sex abuse claim". www.independent.co.uk. Independent. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  6. ^ Cliff Richard (1992). I Still Believe in You (7 inch vinyl). EMI Records.
  7. ^ Cliff Richard (1992). I Still Believe in You (CD single, part 1). EMI Records.
  8. ^ Cliff Richard (1992). I Still Believe in You (CD single, part 2). EMI Records.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Still Believe in You". Irish Singles Chart.