"I Believe" is a song written by
Skip Ewing
Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing (born March 6, 1964) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums and has charted 15 singles on the '' Billboard'' country charts.
Career
Ewing was born ...
and Donny Kees, and recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
band
Diamond Rio
Diamond Rio is an American country music band. The band was founded in 1982 as an attraction for the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, Tennessee, and was originally known as the Grizzly River Boys, then the Tennessee River Boys. It was foun ...
. It was released in November 2002 as the second single from their album ''
Completely''. The song became Diamond Rio's fifth and final No. 1 single on the ''
Billboard'' Country Songs chart in 2003.
Music video
The song's
music video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...
takes place in an area where many bad incidents are happening and a man is coping with losing his wife by finding comfort in angels. But at the end, she awakens. It was directed by
Deaton Flanigen and premiered on January 8, 2003 on CMT.
Chart performance
This song debuted at No. 58 on the ''
Billboard''
Country Songs chart dated November 23, 2002. The song climbed to No. 1 on the chart dated May 31, 2003, where it held for 2 weeks, marking the group's fifth and final No. 1 single. The song also peaked at No. 31 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
Year-end charts
References
2002 songs
Diamond Rio songs
Songs written by Skip Ewing
Songs written by Donny Kees
2002 singles
Arista Nashville singles
2000s ballads
Country ballads
Music videos directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions
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