Vince Gill Is Asking For A Second Chance In His Timeless Hit ‘I Still Believe In You’

Feb 20, 2023 by apost team

Vince Gill is a renowned American country music singer, songwriter, and musician who made waves in the 80s. He has amassed commercial success as a soloist and as the frontman of his own country rock band, Pure Prairie League, in the 70s. 

Selling more than 26 million albums, Gill is a legend in his own right. The Oklahoman native has recorded over 20 studio albums and more than 40 singles in the Hot Country Songs charts. 

The Country Music Association has given him 18 CMA Awards, which were composed of five Male Vocalist Awards and two Entertainer of the Year recognitions. The Recording Academy has also bestowed Gill a total of 22 Grammy Awards, and he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.  

In 2016, Joe Walsh inducted him to the Guitar Center Rock Walk and was hired by the Eagles in place of Glenn Frey in 2017, along with Deacon Frey. 

His best-selling album of all time was his 1992 project, “I Still Believe in You,” which has reached No. 3 on both the US Billboard and Canada Country Albums charts, No. 10 on the Billboard 200, and No. 45 on the Canada Albums charts. 

The album birthed Gill’s iconic songs like “Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away,” “No Future in the Past,” “Tryin’ to Get Over You,” “One More Last Chance,” and the title track, “I Still Believe in You.” The title song gave Gill two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Male Vocal Country Performance.

Since then, the song has remained a timeless classic for yearning and asking for forgiveness from a lover. Read on to learn more about Vince Gill’s classic hit. 

Born in Norman, Oklahoma, in 1957, Gill was encouraged to a life in music by his own father, who was a lawyer and an administrative law judge. On the side, his father also played part-time in a country music band. His father then encouraged him to become an instrumentalist – learning to play the banjo, guitar, bass, mandolin, Dobro, and fiddle. In high school, he performed bluegrass in the band Mountain Smoke, which helped him establish a strong following. 

In 1975, he went on to join the band Bluegrass Alliance and joined Ricky Skaggs’ Boone Creek band, eventually relocating to Los Angeles, where he found his big break in Pure Prairie League in 1979. 

In 1985, Gill released his debut project, “The Things That Matter.” Two years later, “The Way Back Home,” “When I Call Your Name in 1989, and “Pocket Full of Gold” in 1991. The year after, he released his song, and album, which went on to cement his name in the Country music hall. 

Released in 1992, “I Still Believe in You” reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart after debuting at No. 55 in July 1992. Written by Gill and John Barlow Jarvis, the song was monumental in the success of Gill’s music career. 

It was even covered by multiple artists, Jazz artist Warren Hill and Mitch Malloy in 1993; the Bad Company even recorded a version of the song in their 1996 CD “Stories Told & Untold” with featuring vocals from Robert Hart. 

According to Billboard, as quoted by Country Thang Daily, Gill’s hit song was “a pristine ballad embraced by one of the country’s most finely refined vocalists.” The magazine further elaborated that the masterpiece contains delivery and production “strong enough” to pull on the ears of other formats.

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Aside from the song, what stuck for most of Gill’s fans was the music video for “I Still Believe in You.”

The “I Still Believe in You” music video was said to have been filmed in Joliet, Illinois, at the Rialto Square Theatre. John Lloyd Miller directed the said music video, which was released in 1992. 

For a large part of the video, Gill was seen singing onstage with a microphone and his guitar into an empty auditorium. Right before Gill started singing, recorded videos of what seemed to be paparazzi bothering him would be heard as he was entering the hall. 

Gill sings passionately in the video, which establishes him singing dearly to his lover, as the lyrics suggest.

“Give me the chance to prove, and I’ll make it up to you. I still believe in you, with a love that will always be. Standing so strong and true, baby, I still believe in you and me,” he sang. 

Ever since he sang the song, fans of Gill have praised him for his performance and how his voice magically fits the song. Delving deeper into it, the song was a romantic apology to a partner for being selfish and not spending enough time, making a vow to do better next time. 

“It’s 30 years later and he’s still golden. My God, what an angelic voice you have, Vince,” a fan commented. 

“This man is the epitome of country music. He’s aged with Grace and still sings like the Angels. Thank you, Vince,” another shared. 

“I’ve said it before and always will believe Vince Gill has absolutely the most amazing voice I ever have heard I listen to him every single night after work his voice calms me,” someone pointed out. 

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