is a song recorded by Canadian singer

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, taken from her tenth English-language studio album, ''

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'' (2007). It was written by Tino Izzo and Rosanna Ciciola, and produced by the Grammy-winning producer,

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. Re-recorded as a duet with the Japanese singer

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, it was released as the second single in Japan from ''Taking Chances'' on 16 January 2008, and also as the lead single from Dion's Japanese

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, '' Complete Best'' (2008). The duet version was also included on Ito's album, ''

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'' (2008). The song reached number three on the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100 and number eight on the Oricon Singles Chart.

Background and release

The track was re-recorded in October 2007 as an English-Japanese duet with Yuna Ito, retitled as "あなたがいる限り: A World to Believe In." Dion was impressed when she heard Ito's cover of "

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", 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, ''

''. "A World to Believe In" follows

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's "Akaneiro no Yakusoku" to become the ninth

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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.Oricon Style Weekly Ranking
Retrieved 22 January 2008. 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. It also reached number three on the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100. "あなたがいる限り: 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

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. Both artists performed their duet live on stage.

Music video

The videoclip was shot in

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, in October 2007. It shows Dion and Ito in the recording studio. The video, released on 6 December 2007 was nominated at

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in category Best Collaboration Video. It was commercially released on '' Ultimate Box'', which includes two CDs and three DVDs.

Track listing and formats

*Japanese CD single #"あなたがいる限り〜A World to Believe In〜" – 4:10 #"あなたがいる限り〜A World to Believe In〜" (U.S.A. Mix) – 4:11 #"あなたがいる限り〜A World to Believe In〜" (Yuna Ito Solo Version) – 4:12 #"あなたがいる限り〜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

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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.世界ＮＯ．１歌姫　セリーヌ･ディオン、日本映画に楽曲初参加！卑弥呼のテーマを日本語で歌う！！
. Retrieved 28 August 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.

Track listing and formats

Japanese CD single #"A World to Believe In -Himiko Fantasia-" – 4:10 #"A World to Believe In" (Album Version) – 4:09 #" My Love" (Live Version) – 5:04 #"There Comes a Time" – 4:03

Charts

Official versions

#"A World to Believe In" (Album Version) – 4:09 #"あなたがいる限り〜A World to Believe In〜" – 4:10 #"あなたがいる限り〜A World to Believe In〜" (U.S.A. Mix) – 4:11 #"あなたがいる限り〜A World to Believe In〜" (Yuna Ito Solo Version) – 4:12 #"あなたがいる限り〜A World to Believe In〜" (Instrumental) – 4:08 #"A World to Believe In -Himiko Fantasia-" – 4:10

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:World To Believe In, A Celine Dion songs Yuna Ito songs 2008 singles Female vocal duets Pop ballads 2008 songs Japanese film songs Song recordings produced by John Shanks Columbia Records singles 2000s ballads