But for the first time in my life I was so taken by it that I decided that I would record it. I never met him, he sang backgrounds on the song. He's a very sweet kid But I'm a fan! A music video, directed by Ben Mor, featuring a love story between Michael and an actress was released and plays behind Michael during his arena tours.
However, Michael joked during an interview with Smooth Radio about his wife Luisana Lopilato 's response to it. He explained: "You know, as I said to you, I don't know the results of anything and I refuse to know. So when they sent me the music video, I thought, well, I don't even want to look at it. I was there, I shot it. She looked at it and was like, 'Who is this woman in the video, Mike? And I said, 'Yeah, well it's a music video'. She said, 'No, because I know your fake red carpet smile and I know your real smile and this is a real smile.
Michael continued to Smooth Radio : "But I mean she's just teasing me, it's not real. It's the same thing when she has to do a love scene. I don't love that she has to do a love scene. I get that it's part of her craft. But of course I give her hell for it too. Michael said: "'I Believe in You' I think is a hopeful track. I think it's romantic. When we sat down to write it we were here in Vancouver. We were messing around at home and we were on the piano. And we just kind of started with this verse and it all started coming together.
We knew 'I Believe in You' was going to be the title. And I wanted to write something that was more complex, more real, that talk about how relationships really are.
I remember being in the car in Los Angeles and he called me up as I was driving from the studio and he said, 'What do you think about this bridge? I know sometimes you feel like you are worthless, like all the love you get, you don't deserve it, sometimes I feel my faith is just a burden on you.
I thought it was beautiful, really. Michael continued: "You know, sometimes when you're writing a song like that, it doesn't come that easily. But when you know it's right, it just hits you. At the end of the day, I do love pop music very much. I didn't start this record taking risks so that at the very end I could wimp out I just didn't.
So I was going to fight for what I believed in, and I think that took this song to another level. Again, whatever's best for this song is what I was going to do. A lyric video premiered on the singer's YouTube channel in August , with an official music video following afterwards in October.
The video took inspiration from the s show The Dating Game , with Michael playing all three eligible bachelors: a glasses-wearing nerd, a narcissistic ladies man sporting bell-bottom trousers and sideburns, and a beatnik, beret-wearing French man. A lot of work and love brought us to this moment! The lead single of the album gave listeners a new sound in a way they had never heard Michael before and had the backing from his loyal legion of followers.
Two versions of the song were released, one featuring rapper Black Thought and one without. The song became a successful hit to perform on stage, with Michael often allowing his children to share the limelight on tour to join in with the catchy tune. Michael said: "That's what I'm here for. I'm here to take you away. Take you away for a few hours and entertain you and allow you an escape and to know that there can be hope and there's still romance alive.
The track was produced by Johan Carlsson. Speaking about writing the song with Harry, Meghan said: "I was very nervous so I prepared a little chorus on my ukulele, and I walked in and in five minutes I felt very comfortable because he was very normal and funny and just a regular year old dude I was nervous because I thought he'd be like a Justin Bieber, like 'he's so famous' and love himself, but he was just so normal I immediately wasn't nervous anymore.
Michael explained how the song was inspired by all the terrible things going on in the world, saying: "Economic crisis, disasters, shootings. There's all of this darkness. But for the rest of us, if you can afford to download a track from a CD then you've got it easy. He went on to explain how his record company hated the song as they felt it was too dark and "didn't sound like him".
Michael said: "For me it's a thoughtful, personal, important song. I told the record company, 'If it doesn't get on the radio, you deal with it'. It's a polarising song. My mum hates it, my sisters love it.
Michael said: "I have always written these songs about love, or loss or longing. I just sat down at the piano and I started to work on this tune and the lyrics just came right out. I was drunk, that's the truth. I thought this is a great concept. And he realises that once she is gone, his life gets so much better. Michael noted the song was a "revenge" track, stating: "Yeah, it's revenge! I wanted to write a song that empowered anyone going through that and give them hope.
He added: "On the originals, I wanted to make pop songs. I wanted to make them sound like Top I want to go compete with Justin Timberlake and Katy Perry. I need them to get on the radio and to use Auto-Tune and effects and all that stuff because I want it to sound like a modern pop song. Michael explained: "Aside from being the first record I bought when I was eight or nine-years-old, he's been signed with my manager [Bruce Allen] who's been managing him since he was years-old.
But it was a big deal for me, knowing this Vancouver guy, this guy from my town who had made it. I'm a huge fan of his songwriting, huge fan of his voice and I've got to be friend with him so I've always been looking for an excuse to work with him. This song was inspired by Michael's wife Luisana, with Michael recounting how he wrote the tune sitting at the piano and how it was to serve as a homage to the strength of women, and how much men depend on them. He revealed: "[The song pays tribute to how Luisana] helps carry me.
How she shares the load with me. I was just thinking, 'You're always the one that pulls us through'. In other relationships I would think, 'Let's go on vacation,' and the girl would say, 'Let's go to Hawaii,' and I would say, 'Who do we call, what couple do we get to go with us?
With my wife it's just Speaking of their collaboration, Michael said: "I don' t think there's anyone in my life, at this point, who I could relate to the way I could with Robbie.
He's just become a dad, I'm just about to. He just talks about it more than I do. One of the lyrics is 'Soda pop, Yoda what? Michael penned the song with his longtime co-writer Alan Chang and producer Bob Rock. The Canadian singer said: "Christmas has always been my favourite time of the year for me and my family so naturally it's been a dream of mine to make the ultimate Christmas record.
One more thing, my mother told me it's the best record I ever made. While not a completely original song, this mashup was a new arrangement of Mis Deseos and Feliz Navidad. Michael said: "The Latino community is a huge part of our audience and since Christmas is a huge part of their culture, I wanted to do something very special for them I asked a very dear friend to join me for this, Thalia.
Michael said: "The song is so beautiful I can't even tell you. I think it might be one of the best vocal performances I've ever given.
If I could go back I probably would have replaced something [on the original album] with this song. The song was originally titled 'Hollywood is Dead' and was left over from the recording sessions for the original Crazy Love record. Michael said: "That's probably the best pop song I've ever been part of.
Remember where you came from. You need to remember what you asked for when you get it'. The song's music video parodies several celebrities, including Justin Bieber. Speaking about the video, Michael said: "The video is about celebrity culture, people's dreams about fame and what can go with it.
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