I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)

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"I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)"
Song by Stevie Wonder
from the album Talking Book
ReleasedOctober 28, 1972 (1972-10-28)
Recorded1972
Genre Soul
Length4:53
Label Tamla
Composer(s) Stevie Wonder
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s) Stevie Wonder

"I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" is a soul song co-written and performed by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder and Yvonne Wright, for Wonder's fifteenth studio album, Talking Book (1972).

Contents

E'voke version

"I Believe"
E'voke - I Believe.jpeg
Single by E'voke
B-side "It's My Life"
Released1994
Genre House
Length5:41
Label
  • FFRR
  • Pinball
Songwriter(s)
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Yvonne Wright
Producer(s)
  • Barry Leng
  • Duncan Hannant
E'voke singles chronology
"I Believe"
(1994)
"Runaway"
(1995)

This song was also recorded by British female vocal duo E'voke in 1994 as their debut single (with the title being shortened to "I Believe"). A B-side to the track titled "It's My Life" written by E'voke producers Barry Leng and Duncan Hannant was recorded. Though the track was not a commercial hit (it reached #77 in the UK charts [1] and no video was filmed for the track), it was a club hit and E'voke moved on to FFRR's sister label Ffrreedom for their next single "Runaway". The CD single release of the track was released digitally by Pinball Records in 2011.

Versions

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [2] 26
UK Singles (OCC) [1] 77
UK Dance (OCC) [3] 18
UK Club Chart ( Music Week ) [4] 19

Other versions

Peter Frampton released his recording of the song in January 1973 on his album Frampton's Camel .[ citation needed ]

In early 1974, a recording by Songbird was released by Mushroom Records in Canada. This was a studio group consisting of producer Mike Flicker, Howard Leese and Rob Deans, all of whom also worked with Heart. [5] It was the label's first charting single, reaching #75 on the Canadian chart. Despite its low peak, the single reportedly sold close to 30,000 units.[ citation needed ]

Colleen Hewett had an Australian single release of the song, titled "I Believe When I Fall in Love", issued in July 1974. Hewett's rendition charted in Australia with a #51 peak, and was featured on Hewett's album M'Lady .

Art Garfunkel's 1975 album Breakaway opened with "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)", in a lush orchestral version produced by Richard Perry.

A live recording by English singer-songwriter George Michael was included on a free cassette tape given out to audience members at Michael's Wembley Arena concerts during 19–23 March 1991, and was later released as a B-side of the "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" single in November 1991. It was promoted to urban radio in February 1992. [6] [7]

Josh Groban recorded the song for his album All That Echoes , released in early 2013 and released it as a single that peaked at #20 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Father John Misty covered the song on his 2022 EP Live at Electric Lady. [8]

The song is featured in the 2000 comedy-drama film High Fidelity starring John Cusack and Jack Black, and is included on its soundtrack. It was also included in season 1, episode 10 of the 2020 Hulu series High Fidelity starring Zoe Kravitz. [9]

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