I STILL BELIEVE chords by Brenda K. Starr

"I Still Believe" is a pop-ballad song written by Antonina Armato and Giuseppe Cantarelli and originally recorded by pop singer Brenda K. Starr. It is a ballad in which the singer is confident she and her former boyfriend will never be together again, but still believes that some day it may happen. It was covered by American singer Mariah Carey (who was a backup singer on Starr's original) and cantopop singer Sandy Lam. Brenda K. Starr recorded the song for her second album Brenda K. Starr, and it was produced by Eumir Deodato and is considered her signature song. The song was based on a real life relationship of one of its songwriters, Antonia Armato: Armato's former boyfriend had proposed to her, but she felt that the timing was not right. He was not pleased, and pushed her into an ultimatium: to get married or break up. Even though Armato loved her boyfriend at the time, she stuck to her convictions and the couple broke up. To deal with her emotional pain, Armato wrote the song. It was released as the second single from Starr's second album in 1988 and peaked at number 13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming Starr's first and only top twenty single on the Hot 100. Its music video comprises scenes of Starr singing the song in a warehouse intercut with scenes of her walking past many romantic couples. The song was also recorded in Spanish as "Yo Creo En Ti" which was released as a single. In 1998, she recorded a salsa version of the song on her album, No Lo Voy a Olvidar as "I Still Believe/Creo en Ti". This version peaked at #20 on the Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.