| Hope | |
| Cover: | Hope Twista.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Twista featuring Cee Lo Green or Faith Evans |
| Album: | Coach Carter: Music from the Motion Picture |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 4:12 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Toxic |
| Chronology: | Twista |
| Prev Title: | Let's Go |
| Prev Year: | 2004 |
| Next Title: | Girl Tonite |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
"Hope" is a song by American rapper Twista from the soundtrack of the 2005 movie Coach Carter. Featuring singer Faith Evans who performs the chorus, the song mainly focuses on Twista's view on the War on Terrorism. The version featuring Faith Evans can also be found on her album The First Lady. The song was released to US rhythmic and urban radio on November 22, 2004. The original version of the song appears on Twista's Kamikaze album and features CeeLo Green instead of Faith Evans.
The music video of the song, in a typical promotional music video fashion, features clips of the film Coach Carter. The video utilizes graphic design throughout, mostly along the main theme of tattoo artwork flowing and transforming into real objects, an example being the tattoo picture on a man's arm turning into a real picture. It also incorporates scenes from the film and include several characters from the movie, including Samuel L. Jackson.
UK CD single[1]
European CD single[2]
Australian CD single[3]
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | November 22, 2004 | Capitol | [4] | |
| United Kingdom | March 28, 2005 | CD | [5] | |
| Australia | April 18, 2005 | [6] |
Chamillionaire did a remix to this song titled "I Wish". On May 18, 2014, over nine years after its original release, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 39 after it was covered by Bars and Melody on Britain's Got Talent the previous weekend. After the show, the duo released their version of "Hope" (retitled "Hopeful") as their debut single.