“I Believe I Can Fly” (song “I Believe I Can Fly” ) is the song of American R&B artist Ar Kelly , originally released in 1996, as a single to the soundtrack of the movie “ Space Jam ”. Two years later, the composition was re-released on Kelly R.'s album.
| I Believe I Can Fly | |||||||
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| Single Ar Kelly from Space Jam | |||||||
| Released | November 26, 1996 | ||||||
| Format | CD , cassette | ||||||
| Recorded by | August 1996 | ||||||
| Genres | Modern rhythm and blues , soul , gospel | ||||||
| Duration | 5:22 (landscape version) 4:42 (radio version) | ||||||
| Producer | Ar kelly | ||||||
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| Songwriter | Ar kelly | ||||||
| Label | Atlantic / Jive | ||||||
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In early 1997, the song reached the second line on the Billboard Hot 100 , losing only to Tony Brexton with the single “ Un-Break My Heart ”. Despite the fact that “I Believe I Can Fly” has not conquered the top of Billboard, it remains the biggest hit of Ar Kelly. At the same time, the single headed the hit parade of R&B Singles for six weeks and took the first line of the British chart . “I Believe I Can Fly” received three Grammy Awards [1] . In 2004, Rolling Stone reporters put the song in 406th place on its list of “ 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ” [2] .
Content
Use on TV
In addition to appearing in the soundtrack to the movie " Space Jam ", "I Believe I Can Fly" was featured in the film " Drum Roll " - it was performed by the school ensemble during the graduation ceremony of Devon Miles ( Nick Cannon ).
- In the cartoon Ice Age 2: Global Warming , Crash sings this song before crashing into a tree.
- In the movie Good Boy! ", Wilson sings a passage from a song while diving into a pool.
- In the movie Scammers: Dick and Jane Have Fun , Jim Carrey sings a song when he fools around in the elevator.
- This song was performed in the season of the American show The X Factor , Ar Kelly sang it in a duet with Melanie Amaro .
- Also, this “I Believe I Can Fly” was performed at The Voice , it became the last solo number of Jermaine Paul - the winner of the second season.
- In the fourteenth episode of the third season of the series “ Chorus ”, “I Believe I Can Fly” was performed as a medley with the song “Fly” by Nicki Minaj .
- In the film “The Bachelor Party: Part III, ” Leslie Chow sings a 12-second fragment of the song as she parachutes over Las Vegas.
Cover versions
- In 2003, punk rock band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes quit a song for their album Take a Break .
- In 2004, an American singer, William Hang, sang a song for his Inspiration record.
- Saxophonist Marion Midaus made a cover version of the song for his CD Dressed to Chill [3] [4] .
- Patti Labelle sang the chorus of the song on her live album, Live One Night Only, as a complement to the song “Over The Rainbow”.
- In 2001, Jessica Simpson sang this song at one of the concerts of the DreamChaser tour.
- Also, their versions of this song were performed by: Etta James , Yolanda Adams (in a duet with Gerald Levert ), Ruth Brown , James Ingram , Ronan Keating , Bianka Ryan , and Tyler Carter from the group Woe, Is Me .
- Members of the American Idol show : Katherine McPhee, Anwar Robinson, Aaron Kelly, Curtis Finch Jr., and Jacob Laska performed this song in different seasons of the show.
- Also, a cover version of the song was sung: Tim Ostend (in the third season of The X Factor show) and Delvin Choyce (in the sixth season of The Voice).
Commemorative Performances
- Ar Kelly performed the song at the anniversary, 40th Grammy Awards in 1998.
- The crew of STS-122 was woken up by this song on the 10th day of the space expedition [5] .
- From the very beginning, the song began to be strongly associated with the NBA , primarily with Michael Jordan . The composition sounded during the final broadcast of the NBA in 1997 [6] .
- On October 13, 2012, the Endeavor shuttle was transported from the Los Angeles International Airport to the California Science Center through the city streets - the song sounded when the shuttle left the Forum . That same day, James Ingram sang it at the Debbie Allen show, sensing Endeavor's arrival at her destination.
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Notes
- ↑ R. Kelly . grammy.com. Date of treatment April 9, 2015.
- ↑ The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . Rolling Stone (December 9, 2004). Date of treatment April 10, 2015. Archived June 22, 2008.
- ↑ [ I Believe I Can Fly on the AllMusic Dressed to Chill overview] . Allmusic.com .
- ↑ Dressed to Chill Marion Meadows . JazzTimes.com .
- ↑ NASA. STS-122 Wakeup Calls . NASA (2008). Date of treatment February 16, 2008. Archived February 17, 2008.
- ↑ 1997 NBA Finals Tribute on YouTube
- ↑ " Australian-charts.com - R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly . " ARIA Top 50 Singles .
- ↑ " Austriancharts.at - R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly" (German) . Ö3 Austria Top 40 .
- ↑ " Nederlandse Top 40 - R. Kelly" (nid.) . Dutch Top 40 .
- ↑ " Lescharts.com - R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly" (Fr.) . Les classement single .
- ↑ " Musicline.de - R. Kelly Single-Chartverfolgung" (German) . Media Control Charts . PhonoNet GmbH.
- ↑ " Swedishcharts.com - R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly . " Singles Top 100 .
- ↑ Billboard Top 100 - 1997 . Date of treatment August 28, 2010.
- ↑ Geoff Mayfield. 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the' 90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s . - Billboard , December 25, 1999.
Links
- Lyrics with translation into Russian on the website of the Lingvo Laboratory "Amalgama"