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You Raise Me Up
Josh Groban
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- Album
- Closer
- Released
- 2003
- Genres
- classical crossover, christmas
- Length
- 4:52
- Tempo
- 118 BPM
- Label
- 143/Reprise
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About this song
"You Raise Me Up" is the 12th track on Josh Groban's 2003 album Closer. It is a cover of a song originally composed and performed by Secret Garden and Brian Kennedy, whose version was not very successful. Groban's version became a big hit, topping the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in early 2004 for six weeks and becoming his best-known song.
Fun facts
- It's actually a cover of “Y”.
- Sampled in 1 other song, like “Songs After Bad Translations! by Steve Terreberry (Ft. Juliegolive)”.
- Covered 4 times, including “You Raise Me Up by Marco Bakker & Nick Schilder”.
- Written by Rolf Løvland and Brendan Graham.
- Produced by David Foster.