"A World to Believe In" (Japanese: ????????, Hepburn: Anata ga Iru Kagiri, "As Long as You are with Me") is the second single released in Japan from Celine Dion's 2007 album Taking Chances. It was also the first and only single for the new Japanese greatest hits album, Complete Best (2008). The song, originally performed in English by Dion only for Taking Chances, was re-recorded as a duet with the Japanese singer Yuna Ito, and released as a CD single on 16 January 2008.
"A World to Believe In" was written by Tino Izzo and Rosanna Ciciola, and produced by Grammy Award-winner John Shanks.
The track was re-recorded in October 2007 as an English-Japanese duet with Yuna Ito, retitled as "????????: A World to Believe In." Dion was impressed when she heard Ito's cover of "My Heart Will Go On", featured on the Japan only released tribute album Tribute to Céline Dion from 26 September 2007, and proposed the idea of the duet together. The song was also featured on Ito's album, Wish.
"A World to Believe In" follows Ikimono-gakari's "Akaneiro no Yakusoku" to become the ninth LISMO cellphone service TV commercial song, aired from 1 December 2007.
The single debuted at number eight on the Japanese Oricon Singles Chart with 11,778 copies sold. In its second week it dropped to number twenty-two with 5,399 copies. After eight weeks the single has sold 24,105 copies in total. On the Oricon Daily Singles Chart the song peaked at number six.
"????????: A World to Believe In" (U.S.A. mix) subsequently appeared as the first track on Dion's greatest hits album, called Complete Best, released on 27 February 2008.
Yuna Ito supported Dion's concerts in Japan, during her Taking Chances World Tour. Both artists performed their duet live on stage.
Video A World to Believe In
Music video
The videoclip was shot in Las Vegas, Nevada, in October 2007. It shows Dion and Ito in the recording studio. The video, released on 6 December 2007 was nominated at MTV Video Music Awards Japan in category Best Collaboration Video. It was commercially released on Ultimate Box, which includes two CDs and three DVDs.
Maps A World to Believe In
Formats and track listings
Japanese CD single
- "????????: A World to Believe In" - 4:10
- "????????: A World to Believe In" (U.S.A. mix) - 4:11
- "????????: A World to Believe In" (Yuna Ito solo version) - 4:12
- "????????: A World to Believe In" (instrumental) - 4:08
Charts
A World to Believe In: Himiko Fantasia
The melody of "A World to Believe In" was re-composed and the Japanese lyrics were added for the film Maboroshi no Yamataikoku, which stars Sayuri Yoshinaga. Celine Dion re-recorded it for the movie, which premiered on 1 November 2008. The single and the soundtrack were released in Japan on 22 October 2008.
The release of the CD single coincided with that of My Love: Essential Collection, a new compilation that was not released in Japan as Complete Best had already been issued that year. However, so that the Japanese were not excluded from the benefits of this new release, the two previously-unreleased tracks, "My Love (Live)" and "There Comes a Time," were included on the CD single, and the cover photo for the single was also taken from the new compilation.
No music video was made for "A World to Believe In: Himiko Fantasia."
The single debuted on 3 November 2008 at number 158 on the Japanese Oricon Singles Chart, selling 493 copies.
Formats and track listings
Japanese CD single
- "A World to Believe In: Himiko Fantasia" - 4:10
- "A World to Believe In" - 4:08
- "My Love" (live) - 5:04
- "There Comes a Time" - 4:03
Charts
Official versions
- "A World to Believe In" - 4:08
- "????????: A World to Believe In" - 4:10
- "????????: A World to Believe In" (U.S.A. mix) - 4:11
- "????????: A World to Believe In" (Yuna Ito solo version) - 4:12
- "????????: A World to Believe In" (instrumental) - 4:08
- "A World to Believe In: Himiko Fantasia" - 4:10
Release history
References
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