"I Believe" is a single released by singer Marcella Detroit

Marcella Detroit

Marcella Detroit is a vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. She was a member of the band Shakespears Sister, along with Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama. Detroit's soprano voice provided lead vocals on their biggest hit, "Stay," which was No...

, released shortly after the breakup of English based duo Shakespears Sister

Shakespears Sister

Shakespears Sister/Shakespear's Sister is a British-based synth-pop-rock band formed by Irish-born singer–songwriter Siobhan Fahey in 1988, with plaudits including a BRIT Award and Ivor Novello Award. It was Fahey's first musical outing since leaving Bananarama, and initially a solo project...

. It was the lead single off her successful album Jewel. Released in March 1994, the ballad became her biggest hit, peaking at No. 11 in the UK, spending eight weeks on the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Detroit herself and produced by Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas (record producer)

Chris Thomas is an English record producer who has worked extensively with The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, Badfinger, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Pulp and The Pretenders. He has also produced breakthrough albums for The Sex Pistols and INXS.Thomas is quoted as saying -Early life:Thomas was...

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Music Video

The videoclip, directed by Big TV!, was shot in black and white, and was filmed on the ruins of the Beckton Gas Works

Beckton Gas Works

Beckton Gas Works was a major London gas works built to manufacture coal gas and other products including coke from coal. It has been variously described as 'the largest such plant in the world' and 'the largest gas works in Europe'. It operated from 1870 to 1969, with an associated by-products...

, a location also used in the film Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is an adaptation of the 1979 novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford and stars Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Arliss Howard and Adam Baldwin. The film follows a platoon of U.S...

. The videoclip shows a group of people coming towards Detroit, who acts as a sort of angelic presence, all of them joined in a big embrace. This is to portray the peace and unity theme of the lyrics. Detroit said she modeled her performance on Maria Falconetti's performance on the 1928 silent film La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc.

Remixes

UK CD Single LONCD 347/857 425 2

1. "I Believe" - (4:51)
2. "Shadow" - (3:30)

   Written by M. Detroit

3. "I Want to Take You Higher" - (3:29)

   Written by S. Stewart

UK 7" Single LON 347/France CD Single 857 424 2/UK Cassette Single LONCS 347

1. "I Believe" - (4:51)
2. "I Want to Take You Higher" - (3:29)

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	11
German Singles Chart	81
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	24
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	10
Swedish Singles Chart	18
Swiss Singles Chart	22

Cover version

A cover version

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 by German singer Joana Zimmer

Joana Zimmer

Joana Zimmer is a German pop music singer, often compared to Celine Dion or Barry Manilow. Zimmer is also blind.-Albums:-Singles:-External links:* , official site...

 was released as her debut single. It was a European hit in 2005, reaching number two in Germany, and she performed it at the Live 8

Live 8

Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6–8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid...

concert in Berlin.