| I Believe | |
| Cover: | EMF_-_I_Believe.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | EMF |
| Album: | Schubert Dip |
| Released: | January 1991 |
| Length: | 3:51 (album version) |
| Label: | Parlophone |
| Producer: | Pascal Gabriel |
| Prev Title: | Unbelievable |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Children |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
"I Believe" is a song by British band EMF, released as the second single from their first album, Schubert Dip (1991). The song was released as a single in January 1991 in the UK following their big hit "Unbelievable". The song reached number six on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, the song was the band's third single, reaching number 10 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The accompanying music video received heavy rotation on MTV Europe.[1]
The song includes the sound of band member Derry Brownson smashing a wall—on the album version, the band can be heard laughing at Brownson for trashing the flat at the beginning of the song.
Simon Williams from NME wrote, "'I Believe' demonstrates how efficiently EMF have perfected those delayed Jesus Jones sampling techniques, and provides scant else to suggest that EMF are any more of a longterm proposition than Halo James. Maybe the radio-friendly 7-inch is more palatable, with the few decent bits of the three hour Dean Age Rampage Mix creamed off for a more compact package. Let's hope so, because this plinky plonky 12" version is like the old Walthamstow Circular route—going nowhere noisily."[2]
| Chart (1990–1991) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[3] | 15 | |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] | 4 | |
| US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[5] | 10 |