Up, Down and All Around

I Believe In You (Je crois en toi)

It's been a while since I've bought a music CD, but I headed off to Tower Records the other day to buy a copy of Il Divo's Ancora CD after reading a write-up about this singing group in one of the local papers. Ancora (meaning Encore), I learned tonight, is already their second album. They also have two DVDs out.

I didn't really have high expectations, since I'd never heard of Il Divo prior to reading that feature article. I listened to the entire album immediately after buying it, and since then, I've been fixated on the third track, which is their duet with Celine Dion entitled I Believe In You. (Lyrics available here and here.)

There are many reasons why I've grown to love this song. Obviously the lyrics have something to do with it, since its message is so uplifting. But I'd have to say that I also love the arrangement, especially the way the song swells as it flows smoothly into the chorus and the bridge. Then there's the way the voices of the four men beautifully contrast against and support the brilliance of Celine Dion's voice, especially after the bridge. Wow. When I'm feeling down, listening to this song almost brings me to tears.

I was therefore not very surprised to learn tonight that all four men unaminously consider I Believe In You as their favorite track from Ancora. You can really feel it in the way they sang the song. The emotions are almost palpable.

I wish I had a copy of this song on MP3 that I could share. Unfortunately, the best I could find is this 30 second preview in MP3 format, which does it absolutely no justice (the entire song is 4 minutes long). If I do find a clip online for the whole song, I'll be sure to post a link here.

Part of it is sung in French, which unfortunately, I don't understand. But I'll be trolling the translation websites later to see if I can get the gist of it.

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Update (January 17, 2006): Finally figured out how I can play this song online. Many thanks to Beatlebum for the insight!





Tags: Music, Shopping

Posted by CF at 12:30 AM