"I Believe" is a song written by

Skip Ewing Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing (born March 6, 1964) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums and has charted 15 singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts. Career Ewing was born ...

and

Donny Kees Donny Kees is an American songwriter and musician. Kees has written songs for numerous artists and charted several singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts. Since 1984, Kees has continued to write hit songs for other artists, most notably Ge ...

, and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

band

Diamond Rio Diamond Rio is an American country music band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Marty Roe (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy Olander (lead guitar, banjo), Dan Truman (keyboards), Dana Williams (bass guitar, vocals), Micah Schweinsberg ( ...

. It was released in November 2002 as the second single from their album '' Completely''. The song became Diamond Rio's fifth and final No. 1 single on the ''

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'' Country Songs chart in 2003.

Music video

The song's

music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

takes place in an area where many bad incidents are happening and a man is coping with losing his wife by finding comfort in angels. But at the end, she awakens. It was directed and produced by

Deaton Flanigen Deaton-Flanigen Productions is an American film company based in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., headed by Robert Deaton. The company has between 10 and 50 employees. Overview The company was named after the surnames of founders Robert Deaton III ...

and premiered on November 20, 2002 on CMT as part of CMT's Most Wanted Live.

Chart performance

This song debuted at No. 58 on the ''

'' Country Songs chart dated November 23, 2002. The song climbed to No. 1 on the chart dated May 31, 2003, where it held for 2 weeks, marking the group's fifth and final No. 1 single. The song also peaked at No. 31 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Year-end charts

References

2002 songs Diamond Rio songs Songs written by Skip Ewing Songs written by Donny Kees 2002 singles Arista Nashville singles 2000s ballads Country ballads Music videos directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions {{2000s-country-song-stub