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"Believe"
Song
Edvin Marton, Dima Bilan and Evgeni Plushenko performing "Believe".

"Believe" is the winning Russian entry for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest[1] sung by Dima Bilan. The song was composed and written by Jim Beanz (aka. James Washington) & Dima Bilan. On 20 May 2008, Bilan sang in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, and the song was voted into the final by public vote. It was performed 24th out of 25 songs in the final on 24 May 2008.

The Russian figure skater, Olympic gold medalist and three-time world champion Evgeni Plushenko, skated on artificial ice on stage as part of the song performance, while the Hungarian composer and violinist Edvin Marton played his Stradivarius.[2] This song won the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, finishing with a total of 272 points, becoming the fourth ex-Soviet Union country to win the annual contest.

Traditionally the country that takes first place in Eurovision hosts the next contest. With the victory of Dima Bilan with his song Believe the following Eurovision was held in Moscow although many people wanted to see it in St. Petersburg. The performance of Dima Bilan cost the country €10,000,000 but the show brought victory to Russia which was priceless. With so much money and efforts put into the preparation of the show Russia finally won it’s right to host Eurovision for the first time in the history of the contest. Not only fans were happy for Dima Bilan. Dmitriy Medvedev, the president of Russia, admitted that he himself watched the contest and called right away to congratulate Dima and all the team. He mentioned that it’s not only Dima’s personal victory, but triumph of the whole country. In March 2008 a video was produced for the song Believe. The whole team took part in the production – Dima Bilan, Evgeni Plushenko, Edvin Marton and Yana Rudkovskaya, producer of Dima Bilan. The action of the video starts in a hospital where a mother finds out that her son has leukaemia and needs an expensive surgery. Then the action proceeds to a bar where Dima Bilan is watching TV and finds out that a child needs help. He immediately calls his producer, Yana Rudkovskaya, and tells her that they have to do something to raise money to help a child survive. They decide to give a charity concert with all the three participants performing. At the end of the video you can see the boy after the surgery. He smiles, gets up from the wheelchair and runs to greet the people who saved his life. Dima, Evgeni and Edvin meet the boy with presents happy that the money raised at the concert saved a child’s life. The video is strongly connected to the song delivering the message that everything is possible in this world if you only believe.

Dima Bilan also represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006, with the dark pop song "Never Let You Go", where he took second place.

The song also has its Russian version which was equally popular in many countries.

Believe

Even when the thunder and storm begins, I'll be standing strong like a tree in the wind, nothing is gonna move this mountain or change my direction. I’m falling off the sky and I’m all alone, the courage that's inside is gonna break my fall nothing is gonna dim my light within..

But if I keep going on it will never be impossible not today.

Cause I got something to believe in as long as I’m breathing, there is not a limit to what I can dream. Cause I got something to believe in, mission to keep climbing, nothing else can stop me if I just believe.. And I believe in me.

Even when the world tries to pull me down, tell me that I can't... try to turn me around. I won’t let them put my fire out. But if I keep going on it will never be impossible, not today.

Cause i got something to believe in as long as I’m breathing, there is not a limit to what I can dream. Cause I got something to believe in, mission to keep climbing, nothing else can stop me if I just believe.. And I believe in me.

I can do it all, open every door, turn unthinkable to reality. You see I can do it all and more..

Believing as long as I’m breathing, there is no limit to what I can dream. Believing mission to keep climbing nothing else can stop me if I just believe.. And I believe in me

Track listing

Russian edition
  1. Believe (Radio Version)
  2. Believe (with violin)
  3. Believe (with violin, Karaoke)
  4. Believe (Russian Version - Все в твоих руках - All in your hands)
  5. Believe (Russian Version, Karaoke)
  6. Believe (Video)
  7. Как раньше 2.0 (As before)
  8. Как раньше 2.0 (Karaoke)
  9. Photosession
  10. Dima's biography (in English)
German edition[3]
  1. Believe (Eurovision Version)
  2. Believe (Radio Edit)
  3. Believe (Russian Version)
  4. Believe (Video)
Belgian edition
  1. Believe (Radio Version) - 3:17
  2. Believe (Russian Version) - 3:17
  3. Believe (Spanish Version) - 3:17
  4. Believe (Video) - 4:03

Release history

Region Date
Russia May 26, 2008 (2008-05-26)
Germany June 6, 2008 (2008-06-06)
Belgium July 7, 2008 (2008-07-07)
Denmark July 16, 2008 (2008-07-16)
Finland
Norway
Sweden

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[4] 66
German Singles Chart[5] 52
Swedish Singles Chart[6] 28

References

  1. ^ "Dima Bilan again conquers Russian hearts". Eurovision.tv. 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
  2. ^ Bilan Planning To Put On A Show, OLBG, May 14, 2008.
  3. ^ German edition of Believe
  4. ^ Belgian Flanders Singles Chart
  5. ^ German Singles Chart
  6. ^ Sweden Singles Chart
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