I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)


"I Believe " is a soul song co-written and performed by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder and Yvonne Wright, for Wonder's fifteenth studio album Talking Book. The song is featured in the 2000 comedy-drama High Fidelity starring John Cusack and Jack Black, and is included on its soundtrack. It was also included in season 1 Episode 10 of the Hulu series High Fidelity starring Zoe Kravitz.

E'voke version

This song was also recorded by E'voke in 1994 as their debut single. A B-side to the track entitled "It's My Life" written by E'voke producers Barry Leng and Duncan Hannant was recorded. Though the track was not a commercial hit, it was a club hit and E'voke moved on to FFRR's sister label Ffrreedom for their next single "Runaway". The CD single release of the track was released digitally by Pinball Records in 2011.

Versions

In the spring of 1974, a recording by Songbird was released by Mushroom Records in Canada. This was studio group consisting of producer Mike Flicker, Howard Leese and Rob Deans, all of whom also worked with Heart. It was the label's first charting single, reaching #75 on the Canadian chart. Despite its low peak, the single reportedly sold close to 30,000 units.
Colleen Hewett had an Australian single release of the song, entitled "I Believe When I Fall in Love", issued in July 1974. Hewett's rendition charted in Australia with a #51 peak, and was featured on Hewett's album M'Lady.
Terry Sylvester released his version in 1976, from the album I Believe.
A live performance of the song by George Michael was featured as the B-side to his 1991 hit with Elton John, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me". This version was later included as a bonus track on the 2011 remastered edition of Faith.
Josh Groban recorded the song for his album All That Echoes, released in 2013 and released it as a single that peaked at #20 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Other versions

Other artists who have recorded the song include:
Darren Percival sang the song on Episode 13 of Australian TV competition show The Voice, which aired June 4, 2012.