Introduction: "You Raise Me Up" was originally an instrumental piece titled "Silent Story". The melody comes from the traditional Irish song "Danny Boy" written by British lawyer, writer, lyricist, and radio host Frederick Edward Weatherly in 1910, and is similar to the national anthem of Northern Ireland. The music is composed by Rolf Lovland, who is well-known in the Norwegian music industry and has served as composer, producer and keyboardist for different musicians. He is one of the two main members of Secret Garden. When Rolf read the best-selling novel "The Whitest Flower" (The Whitest Flower) by Irish writer and lyricist Brendan Graham, he was deeply moved and invited Brendan to write for him. Song lyrics.
In 2001, Secret Garden released the song "Once in a Red Moon" (Once in a Red Moon), which was released by the Irish singer "Riverdance" who was a guest at Secret Garden at the time. It featured vocals by Brian Kennedy and black singer Tracy Campbell-Nation, and was a hit in Ireland and Norway. This song was sung at a ceremony to commemorate 9/11 in New York City to highlight the heroic efforts of firefighters to save lives. At that time, the album had not yet been released in the United States. Subsequently, various radio and television stations in the United States continued to play the song for a year, reportedly more than 500,000 times.
In 2002, Secret Garden toured Asia, and Brian was unable to accompany him due to illness. The song was sung by Norwegian singer Jan Werner Danielsen, but the recording was never released. What surprised the members of Secret Garden during their trip to Asia was that the song had actually spread all over China.
In 2003, the prolific Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell used his magnetic alto and eloquent singing style to perform this song and earned it His "Songs Of Faith" CD/DVD album.
In the same year, the fifteen-year-old British child star Becky Taylor, known as Britain's little Celine Dion, had already covered this song and earned her third album "Shine".
After listening to Secret Garden’s album, the famous composer David Foster decided to record it with the popular American young singer Josh Groban. song and released a single at the end of 2003. As soon as this version was released, it topped the charts for six weeks and became famous. In early 2004, Josh Groben released the album "Closer" containing this song and sang "You Inspire Me" at the opening ceremony of the 38th Super Bowl in the United States. Tributes have been paid to the astronauts killed in the Columbia space shuttle explosion.
At the same time, the American charity gospel trio (Selah) sang a cover of "You Inspire Me" and made a promotional video to mobilize donations to assist the construction of medical facilities in poor African countries. The song is included in their fourth album "Hiding Place". The Norwegian cross-border bel canto singer Sissel used her beautiful singing voice and a voice as clear as a spring to include the song in her album "My Heart".
In 2005, the song returned home with great acclaim. The Irish singer group Westlife performed this song sincerely. Not only did they become the 100th artist to record this song, but they also truly spread the song around the world. The song was included in the album "Face To Face" and was sung at the Nobel Prize Ceremony in collaboration with Secret Garden. Russell Watson, a British singer known as a commoner tenor, used his extraordinary bel voice to include the song in the album "Amore Musica".
The famous British opera singer Michael Ball sang this song in his album "Music". The world-famous Celtic Woman covered this song in their first album.
In 2006, Brian, the first singer to retire from the music scene and focus on writing, was invited to sing at the funeral of the famous Irish football star George Best after four years of silence. The song was subsequently re-released as a single to rave reviews in Ireland and the UK. That year, the International Special Olympics was held in Ireland. Brian was invited to sing the new song "If You Don't Believe In Me" written for the Special Olympics at the opening ceremony, and then welcomed the athletes and coaches. At the request of the audience, she sang this popular modern classic song affectionately, and the scene was very touching. Welsh baritone singer Aled Jones included the song in his album "You Raise Me Up, The Best of"
In 2007, Korean singer Lena Park, respectively Sung an episode of the Japanese animated series "Romeo x Juliet" in English and Japanese. American child star Andrea Ross covered this song on her debut album "Moon River".
In addition to English, this song now also has a Swedish version ("Ror vid min sjal") by Sanna Nielsen, a Japanese version by Park Jung-hyun, and a Spanish version ("Por" by Il Divo). Ti Sere), income in "Encore" (US version).