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

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song co-written and performed by American singer-songwriter

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and

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, for Wonder's fifteenth studio album ''

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'' (1972). The song is featured in the 2000 comedy-drama '' High Fidelity'' starring

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and

Jack Black Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his acting roles in the films '' High Fidelity'' (2000), ''Shallow Hal'' (2001), ''Orange County'' (2002), '' School of Rock'' (2003), ''E ...

, and is included on its soundtrack. It was also included in season 1 Episode 10 of the 2020

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series '' High Fidelity'' starring

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E'voke version

This song was also recorded by

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in 1994 as their debut single (with the title being shortened to "I Believe"). A

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to the track entitled "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 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

* Edited version 4:03 * 12" mix 5:38 * A Tin Tin Out mix 7:38 * Tall Paul mix 6:39 * The Gems for Jem mix 7:51 * "It's My Life" (B-side) 5:25

Other versions released as singles

In the spring of 1974, a recording by Songbird was released by

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in Canada. This was a studio group consisting of producer

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and Rob Deans, all of whom also worked with

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. 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.

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had an Australian single release of the song, entitled "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 ''

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''. The song was the first track on the 1975

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album ''Breakaway''.

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recorded the song for his album ''

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'', released in early 2013 and released it as a single that peaked at #20 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

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released a live concert recording cover of the song and was released as a B-side to his duet with

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and then was later released on the deluxe version of

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in 2011.

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covered the song on his 2022 EP ''Live at Electric Lady''.

References

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