Strong Enough (Cher song)
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"Strong Enough" is a song by American recording artist Cher
from her twenty-third studio album Believe (1998). The song was released as the second single from the album. It was released on May 4, 1999 by Warner Bros
, and WEA
. The song's composition and musical style is very strong modern 80's disco
music. The song received positive reviews from music critics, any calling it a highlight to Believe. The song had less success in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
, where it peaked at number fifty-seven, but did top the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play
charts. It also went into a top ten in Denmark
, Belgium
, Germany
, France
, New Zealand
and Finland
.
" is one of her most successful songs to date threw a more recent timing. "Strong Enough" is a 80's inspired nu-disco
song, with strong elements of normal disco
and house music
.
"Strong Enough" received mixed to favorable reviews from music critics. Michael Gallucci from Allmusic had said "Cher herself merely moves through the beat factory with one drab vocal range, blending butt-shakers (like the title tune and "Strong Enough")".
, staying in the charts for twelve weeks. The song didn't receive much attention in the United States, but when the promo remixes were released, the song had peaked at number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play
. It also peaked at number thirty-one on the U.S. Pop Songs, number twenty-nine on the U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
and number forty on the U.S. Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks
.
Elsewhere, the song was successful, mostly getting in the top ten in most countries. The song had peaked at number six in New Zealand, and also peaked at number eleven in Australia. The song was also very well-received in Europe. The song had also peaked at number seven in Finland, until falling out the third week and number three in France, staying in the charts for twenty-four weeks. The song had also peaked at number twenty-one in Sweden, five in Switzerland, four in Austria, eleven in The Netherlands and sixteen in Norway. The song also debuted at number five on the UK Singles Chart
, until decending the rest of the way, finally finishing at number fifty-six.
and was released worldwide in early 1999. A promo VHS
tape and CD-R
were also released in the U.S., but are very rare. The video promo also includes the remixed version of the video.
In this video, Cher
is a computer virus and her role is an advisor who tells a bad boyfriend the reasons why his girlfriend (played by Shannyn Sossamon
) will leave him. Other participations in this video include teens in a party, two women, two robbers and lots of gothic
instrument players.
A couple of months after the release of the original music video for Strong Enough, Dan-O-Rama (best known for his work remixing videos) created the "Vocal Club Edit" video for this song. He used the Strong Enough (Pumpin' Dolls Vocal Epic Club) remix and Club 69 Future Edit* promo only for Djs on 2000. The original music video is also featured on 'The Very Best Of Cher: The Video Hits Collection'
US/Canadian Maxi-Single (9 44644-2)
Canadian 2 x 12" Vinyl (2 27570)
Same tracklist of the US 2 x 12 Vinyl.
US 2 x 12" Vinyl (PRO-A-9719)
Japananese Strong Enough/Believe EP (JPN-WPCR-10224 )
UK CD Single Pt. 1 (WEA 201 CD1)
Germany CD Single Pt. 2 (WEA 201 CD2)
Promo CD Mexican (PCD1217)
D-Bop Remixes
Marc Andrews Remixes
Club 69 Remixes
Pumpin Remixes
Wayne G Remix - Not Official
Cher
Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...
from her twenty-third studio album Believe (1998). The song was released as the second single from the album. It was released on May 4, 1999 by Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
, and WEA
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
. The song's composition and musical style is very strong modern 80's disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
music. The song received positive reviews from music critics, any calling it a highlight to Believe. The song had less success in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, where it peaked at number fifty-seven, but did top the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
charts. It also went into a top ten in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.
Background and reception
"Strong Enough" was released as the second international single from Cher's twenty-third studio album Believe, which was released in 1998. However. prior to its release, the song wasn't successful inside the U.S. alone, but until the promo remixes were released, it received more airplay. But threw out in recent times, the song along with "BelieveBelieve (Cher song)
"Believe" is a song by American recording artist Cher. It was released on November 24, 1998 as the lead single from her twenty-third studio album of the same name. It was written by Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennen, Paul Barry, Steven Torch, Matthew Gray, and Timothy Powell and produced by Mark...
" is one of her most successful songs to date threw a more recent timing. "Strong Enough" is a 80's inspired nu-disco
Nu-disco
Nu-disco is a 21st century dance music genre associated with a renewed interest in 1970s and early 1980s disco, mid-1980s Italo disco, and the synthesizer-heavy Eurodisco aesthetics. The moniker appeared in print as early as 2002, and by mid-2008 was used by record shops such as the online...
song, with strong elements of normal disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
and house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
.
"Strong Enough" received mixed to favorable reviews from music critics. Michael Gallucci from Allmusic had said "Cher herself merely moves through the beat factory with one drab vocal range, blending butt-shakers (like the title tune and "Strong Enough")".
Chart performance
"Strong Enough" had peaked at number fifty-seven on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, staying in the charts for twelve weeks. The song didn't receive much attention in the United States, but when the promo remixes were released, the song had peaked at number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
. It also peaked at number thirty-one on the U.S. Pop Songs, number twenty-nine on the U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
and number forty on the U.S. Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks
Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks
Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts...
.
Elsewhere, the song was successful, mostly getting in the top ten in most countries. The song had peaked at number six in New Zealand, and also peaked at number eleven in Australia. The song was also very well-received in Europe. The song had also peaked at number seven in Finland, until falling out the third week and number three in France, staying in the charts for twenty-four weeks. The song had also peaked at number twenty-one in Sweden, five in Switzerland, four in Austria, eleven in The Netherlands and sixteen in Norway. The song also debuted at number five on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, until decending the rest of the way, finally finishing at number fifty-six.
Music video
The music video for Strong Enough was directed by Nigel DickNigel Dick
Nigel Dick is an English music video and film director, writer and musician based in Los Angeles, California. He directed the Band Aid video "Do They Know It's Christmas?", as well as over 300 other music videos.Nigel Dick should not be confused with the Australian Dr...
and was released worldwide in early 1999. A promo VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
tape and CD-R
CD-R
A CD-R is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once Read Many optical medium, though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session....
were also released in the U.S., but are very rare. The video promo also includes the remixed version of the video.
In this video, Cher
Cher
Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...
is a computer virus and her role is an advisor who tells a bad boyfriend the reasons why his girlfriend (played by Shannyn Sossamon
Shannyn Sossamon
Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon is an American actress. She starred in the film A Knight's Tale, which gained her wider fame and praise. She has since established herself in Hollywood after starring in several films such as 40 Days and 40 Nights, Wristcutters: A Love Story, and One Missed Call...
) will leave him. Other participations in this video include teens in a party, two women, two robbers and lots of gothic
Gothic fashion
Gothic fashion is a clothing style worn by members of the Goth subculture; a dark, sometimes morbid, eroticized fashion and style of dress. Typical Gothic fashion includes dyed black hair, black lips and black clothes. Both male and female goths wear dark eyeliner and dark fingernails. Styles are...
instrument players.
A couple of months after the release of the original music video for Strong Enough, Dan-O-Rama (best known for his work remixing videos) created the "Vocal Club Edit" video for this song. He used the Strong Enough (Pumpin' Dolls Vocal Epic Club) remix and Club 69 Future Edit* promo only for Djs on 2000. The original music video is also featured on 'The Very Best Of Cher: The Video Hits Collection'
Live performances
Cher performed the song on the following concert tours:- Do You Believe? TourDo You Believe? TourThe Do You Believe? Tour, sometimes also known as The Believe Tour, was Cher’s third solo concert tour. The tour which took place in 1999 and 2000, was used to promote her album Believe.-History:...
- The Farewell TourLiving Proof: The Farewell TourLiving Proof: The Farewell Tour is the seventh concert tour by American singer, Cher. The tour supported her twenty-fourth studio album, Living Proof and eleventh compilation album, The Very Best of Cher...
(2002–2005) - Cher at the ColosseumCher at the Colosseum'Cher at the Colosseum was a series of concerts by Cher at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the three years engagement, Cher received $180 million. Performing at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, the first show occurred on May 6, 2008 and the last show was on February 5, 2011...
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of all single releases of "Strong Enough".US/Canadian Maxi-Single (9 44644-2)
- "Strong Enough"
- "Strong Enough" (Club 69Peter RauhoferPeter Rauhofer is a DJ, remixer and producer who formerly went under the moniker Club 69 as well as Size Queen. A native of Vienna, Austria, he is famous for his remixes of a number of Madonna's songs including "Nothing Really Matters", "American Life", "Nothing Fails, "Nobody Knows Me", "Get...
Future Anthem Mix 1) - "Strong Enough" (Pumpin' Dolls Vocal Epic Club)
- "Strong Enough" (Male Version)
- "Strong Enough" (Club 69 Phunk Mix)
- "Strong Enough" (Marc Andrews Remix Edit)
- "Strong Enough" (Pumpin' Dolls Cashmere Club Mix)
- "Strong Enough" (D-Bop's Melt Mix)
- "Strong Enough" (Club 69 Future Anthem Short Mix Edit)
- "Strong Enough" (Pumpin' Dolls Radio Edit)
Canadian 2 x 12" Vinyl (2 27570)
Same tracklist of the US 2 x 12 Vinyl.
US 2 x 12" Vinyl (PRO-A-9719)
- A1. "Strong Enough" (Club 69 Future Anthem Mix 2)
- A2. "Strong Enough"
- B1. "Strong Enough" (Club 69 Phunk Mix)
- B2. "Strong Enough" (Marc Andrews Remix Edit)
- C1. "Strong Enough" (Pumpin' Dolls Vocal Epic Club)
- C2. "Strong Enough" (D-Bop's Melt Mix)
- D1. "Strong Enough" (Pumpin' Dolls Cashmere Club Mix)
- D2. "Strong Enough" (Club 69 Future Anthem Short Mix)
Japananese Strong Enough/Believe EP (JPN-WPCR-10224 )
- "Strong Enough"
- "Strong Enough" (Pumpin' Dolls Remix Edit = Phat 'N' Phunky Club Mix)
- "Strong Enough" (Club 69 Future Anthem Mix 2)
- "Strong Enough" (Marc Andrews Remix)
- "Believe" (Album Version)
- "Believe" (Phat'n Dolls Remix Edit = Phat 'N' Phunky Club Mix)
- "Believe" (Almighty Definitive)
- "Believe" (Club 69 Phunk Club Mix)
UK CD Single Pt. 1 (WEA 201 CD1)
- "Strong Enough"
- "Strong Enough" (Club 69 Future Anthem Short Mix Edit)
- "Strong Enough" (Marc Andrews Remix Edit)
Germany CD Single Pt. 2 (WEA 201 CD2)
- "Strong Enough"
- "Strong Enough" (Male Version)
- "Strong Enough" (D-Bop's Melt Mix)
Promo CD Mexican (PCD1217)
- "Strong Enough" (Album Version) 3:44
- "Strong Enough" (Marc Andrews Remix Edit) 7:31
Official Mixes
- Album Version (3:44)
- Single Mix = The Greatest Hits 99 Version (3:43)
- Male Version (3:32)
D-Bop Remixes
- D-Bop's Melt Mix (15:52)
- D-Bop's Melt Mix Edit (7:49)
Marc Andrews Remixes
- Marc Andrews Remix (7:31)
- Marc Andrews Remix Extended (7:56)
- Marc Andrews Remix Edit (4:35)
Club 69 Remixes
- Club 69Peter RauhoferPeter Rauhofer is a DJ, remixer and producer who formerly went under the moniker Club 69 as well as Size Queen. A native of Vienna, Austria, he is famous for his remixes of a number of Madonna's songs including "Nothing Really Matters", "American Life", "Nothing Fails, "Nobody Knows Me", "Get...
Future Anthem Mix 1 (11:00) - Club 69 Future Anthem Mix 2 (11:00)
- Club 69 Future Anthem Mix 3 (9:25) (Promo)
- Club 69 Future Anthem Short Mix (8:39)
- Club 69 Phunk Mix (8:32)
- Club 69 Future Anthem Instrumental (11:00)
- Club 69 Future Anthem Edit (Promo) (5:33)
- Club 69 Future Anthem Edit (Promo) (4:35)
- Club 69 Future Beats (5:29)
Pumpin Remixes
- Pumpin' Dolls Cashmere Club Mix (8:34)
- Pumpin' Dolls Vocal Epic Club (7:22)
- Pumpin' Dolls Remix Edit (3:48)
Wayne G Remix - Not Official
- Sleaze Sisters Remix (8:59)
Weekly Chart
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA Aria An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment... ) |
11 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75) | 4 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995... Flanders) |
6 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 40 Ultratop 40 Ultratop 40 singles, often just Ultratop 40, is the weekly chart of best-selling singles in Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region, the french-speaking parts of Belgium. Its equivalent covering the Flanders region is Ultratop 50. Both charts are produced and published by the Ultratop organization... Wallonia) |
4 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... ) |
16 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl... ) |
1 |
| Finland (Finland's Official List) | 7 |
| France (SNEP) | 3 |
| Germany (Media Control AG Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... ) |
3 |
| Ireland (IRMA Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... ) |
11 |
| Italy (FIMI) | 10 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... ) |
11 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ) | 6 |
| Norway (VG-lista VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... ) |
16 |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE PROMUSICAE Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry... ) |
4 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... ) |
21 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... ) |
5 |
| Turkey Airplay Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles (The Official Chart Company) | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
57 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes... |
3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States... |
29 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts... |
40 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 31 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks Top 40 Tracks Top 40 Tracks is a defunct airplay chart from Billboard Magazine. It was created in 1998, when Billboard Magazine changed the airplay profile of The Hot 100 Airplay to include more R&B, Country, and Rock stations to its profile . To preserve the notion of the former chart, Top 40 Tracks was... |
34 |
Annual Charts
| Country (1999) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australia | 65 |
| Austria | 40 |
| Germany | 42 |
| Netherlands | 56 |
| Switzerland | 39 |
Certifications
| Country | Providers | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| France | SNEP Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
Gold |
| Germany | IFPI IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... |
Gold |
| United Kingdom | BPI British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... |
Silver |