"When you believe" chart commentary
Unusually for a talent show coronation song, "When You Believe" has been a hit once before. The song was originally written for the 1998 animated film "The Prince Of Egypt" and indeed picked up the Oscar for "Best Original Song" at the 1999 academy awards.
On its first release it was recorded by the superstar pairing of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, although it caused a shock at the time by peaking short of the Top 10 on the Billboard chart. In this country it was moderately more successful and indeed was Number 4 exactly nine years ago this week, and indeed makes its first chart appearance since, picking up enough downloads to register a place at Number 65.
Leon Jackson's new version is a slight rewrite, the song having been tweaked so it works as a solo rather than a duet and with a new verse inserted to put it in slightly better context as a song for a talent show winner. (Yahoo Launch UK - Mariah Connection)
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