Lift it High (All About Belief)

"Lift It High (All About Belief)"
Single by The 1999 Manchester United Squad
Released17 May 1999
Recorded1999
GenrePop, Football
Length4:05
LabelMusic Collection MANUCD4
The 1999 Manchester United Squad singles chronology
"Move Move Move (The Red Tribe)"
(1996) 		"Lift It High (All About Belief)"
(1999)

"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

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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

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  1. "Lift it High (All About Belief)"
  2. "Lift it High (All About Belief)" (Instrumental)
  3. "Lift it High (All About Belief)" (Red Hot Dance Mix)

Charts

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Chart
(1999) 		Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 11

References

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  1. ^ "Lift It High". Amazon UK. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. ^ Roberts, David, ed. (2005). British Hit Singles & Albums (18th ed.). Guinness World Records. p. 319. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ^ "Manchester United FC 1999 Squad: Lift It High (All About Belief)". NME. 1 May 1999. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ^ Ansorge, Paul (3 December 2016). "Manchester United's Jukebox: A Guided Tour Through the Red Devils' Greatest Hits". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. ^ Victor, Tom (28 May 2019). "A definitive ranking of every football song we could think of". PlanetFootball. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  6. ^ Young, James (13 April 2020). "The 10 Best United Songs Of All Time". Full Time Devils. Retrieved 6 May 2021.


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