Hans Worst Hits of the 90’s- “Believe”- Cher. Believe went to #1 on the US Billboard charts and about every other country in the world in 1998. This is simply a creation of Auto Tune. Six writers wrote this and it took two producers. A departure from her usual style this is a dance -pop song. It was her first hit since 1991’s Love And Understanding- and it is her final hit. I have never been a fan of her or her music but in comparison to Believe- some of her past hits sound a lot better. Anyone could have been the singer of this song- with the Auto Tune it seems as fake as Cher is. Of course it was nominated for a Grammy as Record of the Year. The only Cher I liked was as an actress in the movie “Moonstruck.’
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Oh! I liked this one. And her earlier Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves…
Uggggghhh what a dreadful dreadful record
Yes it grates me this track. But I liked her overall performance on Las Divas Vegas show. But Celine stole the show.
Never been a Cher fan…and certainly wasn’t a fan of this. I like “I Got You Babe”…that covers my fandom for Cher.
Cher always seemed to have an attitude. I think Sonny would have been a fun guy to hang with. When he had his book out I heard him on a local talk show being interviewed- he told a lot of great Phil Spector stories.
Sonny did seem like the open one that was approachable. He was hard not to like.
That is right…he worked with Spector some. I bet he had some good stories both good and bad.
he was telling a story about driving Phil to the airport- he got on the plane but wanted off- because all the people on the plane ‘were losers’- he had dropped phil off and had to go back and get him.
Oh geez… I can’t imagine how difficult he could be.
Speaking of Phil– just saw that Hal Blaine had died at 90.
That is a shame…great drummer. Though at 90 he didn’t get cheated. He drummed on some Beach Boys songs right?
yep and part of the Wrecking Crew- looking at his wikipedia page- he played on I am counting 38 #1 hits. yes 90 is a good age.
Yes it is a good age…. Good gracious 38 hits…
I’m going to look some up.
Agree! And what got me on this song was that she sounded like she was using the auto tune as a gimmick- it was so noticeable
The auto tune was to fix flats and sharps in the vocals, so this is quite a good use of taking things to an extreme.
Ian McNabb did a similar thing with ‘The Lonely Ones’ – but then at the end of the album he did the same song, sans auto-tune, and that is a belter. Chris
Auto tune overdose. I always liked Sonny I didn’t like Cher.
And of course it was nominated for a Grammy – of course it was……
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the 69 Grammy’s–some of the songs/ albums that were nominated… laughable. Richard Harris was nominated for best album.. Honey by Bobby Goldsboro for best song.. please.
I liked her early stuff…Dark Lady, Gypsies…, Half Breed…back when she seemed ‘normal’. Now, I can’t stand her. When she opens her mouth, I dry heave.
Cher to me does not impress as a singer. This song is all special effects to compensate for her mediocre vocal talents.