Something to Believe In (Clannad song)

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"Something to Believe In"
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Moya on the cover of the single.
Single by Clannad & Bruce Hornsby
from the album Sirius
ReleasedSeptember 1987
Genre Traditional Irish
Length4:47 [Album version]
4:05 [Radio edit]
Label BMG
Songwriter Ciarán Brennan
Producers Greg Ladanyi & Russ Kunkel
Clannad & Bruce Hornsby singles chronology
"Robin (The Hooded Man)"
(1986)		"Something to Believe In"
(1987)		"White Fool"
(1988)
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"Something to Believe In" is a song by Irish group Clannad and American musician Bruce Hornsby. [1] It was the first single released by Clannad from their 1987 album Sirius . [2]

Contents

A music video was created for the song, which was produced by Ben Gossett through Midnight Films and directed by Meiert Avis. [3] The video was aired on The Chart Show in October of that year. [4] The song received some airplay on KKSF, a San Francisco radio station classified by Billboard as playing adult alternative music. [5]

Critical reception

Music Week wrote that the song's "smooth, evocative sound is effectively complimented here by Bruce Hornsby's dynamic piano playing for a striking preview of their forthcoming LP, Sirius." [6] Music & Media characterised it a "quiet, ethereal song" and highlighted Hornsby's "lingering piano" work on the track. [7] Sound on Sound highlighted the song as an "excellent track" in a 1993 write-up of the band. [8]

Track listing

7" (PB 41543)

  1. "Something to Believe In"
  2. "Second Nature"

12" (PT 41544)

  1. "Something to Believe In"
  2. "Second Nature"
  3. "In a Lifetime"

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Green, Jim (1 June 2010). Rock 'n' Pop Music Trivia. Wise Publications. ISBN   978-0-85712-242-1.
  2. ↑ "BMG product — off the Wall" (PDF). Music Week . 26 September 1987. p. 4. Retrieved 24 October 2025– via World Radio History.
  3. ↑ "New Videoclips" (PDF). Music Week . 13 February 1988. p. 42. Retrieved 24 October 2025– via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ "TV Programmes" (PDF). Music & Media . 24 October 1987. p. 32. Retrieved 24 October 2025– via World Radio History.
  5. ↑ Olson, Yvonne (20 February 1988). "Outa' The Box" (PDF). Billboard . p. 10. Retrieved 20 October 2025– via World Radio History.
  6. ↑ Smith, Jerry (26 September 1987). "Singles" (PDF). Music Week . p. 26. Retrieved 20 October 2025– via World Radio History.
  7. ↑ "Previews" (PDF). Music & Media . 7 November 2025. p. 23. Retrieved 24 October 2025– via World Radio History.
  8. ↑ Prendergast, Mark J. (October 1993). "Clannad". Sound on Sound . p. 108. Retrieved 24 October 2025– via Muzines.
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