"I Shall Be There" is a song by Irish girl-band B*Witched, released as the group's sixth single, and the second single release from their second album Awake and Breathe

Awake and Breathe

Awake and Breathe was Irish girl group B*Witched's second album, released in 1999.-Track listing:-US Bonus Tracks:-Chart Performance:Awake and Breathe peaked at #5 on the UK album chart in the year of its release, and was certified Platinum...

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Overview

The recording of the song was a collaboration with Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a male choral group from South Africa that sings in the vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube. They rose to worldwide prominence as a result of singing with Paul Simon on his album, Graceland and have won multiple awards, including three Grammy Awards...

. B*Witched member Edele Lynch explained the pairing:

"We met them backstage at the BRIT Awards in 1999, and me and Keavy had been listening to a lot of their stuff, so we asked if they wanted to work with us, and when we came together in the studio it just all kind of fell into place and made for a really interesting experience."

The video had a very 'African' feel to it and featured two different scenes, a jungle scene with the girls sporting appropriate clothing, and a 'savanna' theme which was darker and had the girls dressed in more conservative and earthy-toned coloured outfits. Both scenes featured computer generated animals.

"I Shall Be There" was released on 6 December 1999, and became their first single to miss the top 10, reaching #13. It spent a total of nine weeks on the chart, five of which were in the top 40. The single was not released in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 or New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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Releases

• UK CD 1 [668333 2]

1. I Shall Be There 4:12
2. Don't Say Never 3:54
3. Does Your Mother Know 3:11
4. I Shall Be There (Video)

• UK CD 2 [xxxxxx x]

1. I Shall Be There
2. I Shall Be There (The Bold & The Beautiful Christmas Tree Fairy Mix)
3. I Shall Be There (The Tomski Mix)

• UK Vinyl 1 [XPR 3369]

1. I Shall Be There (The Tomski Mix) 6:53
2. I Shall Be There (The Bold & The Beautiful Christmas Tree Fairy Mix) 8:42

• UK Vinyl 2 [XPR 3361]

1. I Shall Be There (The Bold & The Beautiful Christmas Tree Fairy Mix) 8:42
2. I Shall Be There (The Bold & The Beautiful Christmas Tree Fairy Instrumental Mix) 8:38

Charts

Chart (1999)	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 ...	13
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...	29