Lift it High (All About Belief)
Appearance
"Lift It High (All About Belief)" | ||||
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Single by The 1999 Manchester United Squad | ||||
Released | 17 May 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1999 | |||
Genre | Pop, Football | |||
Length | 4:05 | |||
Label | Music Collection MANUCD4 | |||
The 1999 Manchester United Squad singles chronology | ||||
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"Lift it High (All About Belief)" is a song recorded in 1999 by the Treble-winning Manchester United F.C. team of 1998–99. Released on 17 May 1999,[1] the single spent a total of seven weeks in the UK Singles Chart, reaching a peak position of number 11.[2]
Reception
[edit]Music magazine NME described the song as "heartfelt, soaring and beautiful", and compared it to the music of Embrace.[3] Writing for Bleacher Report, Paul Ansorge described it as an Oasis rip-off with impactful lyrics, and praised the accompanying music video as "magical".[4] Tom Victor described it as a song that would fit in on a Shine compilation.[5] United fansite Full Time Devils ranked it as the 5th greatest United song.[6]
Track listing
[edit]- "Lift it High (All About Belief)"
- "Lift it High (All About Belief)" (Instrumental)
- "Lift it High (All About Belief)" (Red Hot Dance Mix)
Charts
[edit]Chart (1999) |
Peak position |
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UK Singles Chart | 11 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Lift It High". Amazon UK. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ Roberts, David, ed. (2005). British Hit Singles & Albums (18th ed.). Guinness World Records. p. 319. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- ^ "Manchester United FC 1999 Squad: Lift It High (All About Belief)". NME. 1 May 1999. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Ansorge, Paul (3 December 2016). "Manchester United's Jukebox: A Guided Tour Through the Red Devils' Greatest Hits". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Victor, Tom (28 May 2019). "A definitive ranking of every football song we could think of". PlanetFootball. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Young, James (13 April 2020). "The 10 Best United Songs Of All Time". Full Time Devils. Retrieved 6 May 2021.