Yes I Can (song)

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"Yes I Can"
Bonnie Tyler - Yes I Can.png
Single by Bonnie Tyler
Released1 January 2025
Studio
Genre Pop
Length3:35
Songwriter(s)
  • Bill DiLuigi
  • Hannah McNeil
Producer(s)
Bonnie Tyler singles chronology
"Older (Live in Berlin)"
(2024)		"Yes I Can"
(2025)
Music video
"Yes I Can" on YouTube

"Yes I Can" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was written by Bill DiLuigi and Hannah McNeil, and was produced by David Mackay and Patrick Schmiderer. It was released as a single on 1 January 2025.

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Background and release

In April 2023, Tyler stated that she planned to record more music, following the release of her latest album The Best Is Yet to Come (2021). [1] In December 2024, Tyler revealed to schlagerpuls.de that she would premiere a new song live on a New Year's Eve television show in Germany. [2] The event was later revealed to be Silvester-Schlagerbooom 2025 . [3] She told Abendzeitung that she plans to release a second single in time for her Just Live Tour in May 2025. [4]

Music and lyrics

Hannah McNeil began writing "Yes I Can" after meeting with an oncologist, who later died from cancer. Many of the song's lyrics are based on quotes and adaptations of things he shared with McNeil. She completed the song during a writing session with Bill DiLuigi in Spring Hill, Tennessee. [5] David Mackay, who had previously worked with Tyler on her first two albums The World Starts Tonight (1977) and Natural Force (1978), as well as her later albums Between the Earth and the Stars (2019) and The Best Is Yet to Come (2021), produced the track alongside Patrick Schmiderer. Tyler noted that Mackay intends to transition Tyler's future work exclusively to Schmiderer. [6]

Critical reception

Classic Rock magazine described "Yes I Can" as a "sweet, hooky new single" with a "glossy 2025-era pop production". [7] Classic Rock readers voted "Yes I Can" as the first Track of the Week for 2025. [8] Nostalgie described the song as "generous and combative", noting its positive message. [9]

Commercial performance

After one day of release, "Yes I Can" entered the Swiss iTunes Chart at number 39. [10]

Personnel

Credits adapted from YouTube Music. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Singing Sensation Bonnie Tyler Celebrates 50 Years In The Music Industry!" (video). youtube.com. This Morning. 12 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Drewes, Kevin (2 December 2024). "Bonnie Tyler – Exklusiv-Interview zu ihrer Deutschland-Tour 2025: "Es ist, als würde ich nach Hause kommen"". schlagerpuls.com (in German). Archived from the original on 2 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Baltruschat, Guido (19 December 2024). "Silvester-Schlagerbooom 2025 und Schlagerchampions 2025: Alle Gäste & Highlights". DWDL.de (in German). Archived from the original on 31 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Rüth, Steffen (30 December 2024). "Royale Fans: Bonnie Tyler verrät besondere Begegnung mit Prinz William und Prinzessin Kate". Abendzeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 2 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Bonnie Tyler – Yes I Can Lyrics". Genius . Archived from the original on 30 January 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Badgley, Aaron (7 February 2025). "Spill Feature: I Was Born a Fighter – A Conversation with Bonnie Tyler". Spill. Archived from the original on 11 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Glass, Polly; Lewry, Fraser (6 January 2025). "The best new rock songs you need to hear right now". Classic Rock . Future plc. Archived from the original on 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Glass, Polly; Lewry, Fraser (13 January 2025). "The best new rock songs you need to hear right now". Classic Rock . Future plc. Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Bonnie Tyler partage son nouveau titre "Yes I Can"". Nostalgie (in French). 7 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Schweizer iTunes Charts – 02. Januar 2025". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "Bonnie Tyler - Yes I Can". YouTube. January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
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