Believe
Cher | Artist Essentials
First released: 1998 (year verified)
Original 1998 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The sharply shaped vocal hook locks into the steady electronic pulse with unusual clarity.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1998 (year verified)
The original recording is documented in the 1998 release history of Believe. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.
Recording: Original 1998 studio recording
Credit: Cher
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Believe
Believe - original 1998 program and separately named remix editions
Only the original ten-track 1998 program is used for Believe, Strong Enough, All or Nothing and Dove l'amore. The original title item retains October 1998; inherited April fields on later named remixes are not assigned to the original recording or treated as first-release proof. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Annual version match under review
The selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
The selected original album item and the explicitly named Almighty, Club 69 and other mixes are documented separately. The actual 1998-1999 annual rows omit edition information; the specific album-production link remains provisional.
Believe - original 1998 program and separately named remix editions
Only the original ten-track 1998 program is used for Believe, Strong Enough, All or Nothing and Dove l'amore. The original title item retains October 1998; inherited April fields on later named remixes are not assigned to the original recording or treated as first-release proof. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
About Cher
Cher emerged in the 1960s alongside Sonny Bono before developing a solo recording career across folk-pop, rock, disco and electronic dance music. Her contralto voice links otherwise different records, from Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves to If I Could Turn Back Time and Believe. Singing has remained one part of a wider performance career that also includes film, television and elaborate concert presentation.
Artist background sources
Cher - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame biography
Sonny Bono partnership and separate solo development, contralto, genre progression, representative recordings and work across screen and stage. Promotional records and current-status claims are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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