Lift It High (All About Belief) | |
Cover: | Lift it high.gif |
Type: | single |
Artist: | The 1999 Manchester United Squad |
Released: | 17 May 1999 |
Recorded: | 1999 |
Genre: | Pop, Football |
Length: | 4:05 |
Label: | Music Collection MANUCD4 |
Prev Title: | Move Move Move (The Red Tribe) |
Prev Year: | 1996 |
"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]
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]