Brenda K Starr - I Still Believe

[aguerrero1963]

Her last name speaks for herself, she was the "starr" way long before mariah even thought of becoming a singer.

[fede4real]

life is really a roller coaster,the back singer is now the most awarded female artist on earth and the star is unknown to the general public

[fede4real]

I knew the song from Mariah and as much as I like her version R&Barrangement this one more romantic heartfelt and I love these pop ballads witha strong 80 beat and soft synths.She sang it awesome and sincere

[aguerrero1963]

Mrbutler124 dont forget that was brenda who made this song a big hit,she is the one that deserves all the credit for being super sexy and super talented, brenda k. Starr will always be the queen and the original unbeateable singer of this song!

[aguerrero1963]

Sorry mariah.... but it's brenda for me.

[candystacy1]

I saw her at the Underground in Union Square singing in the eighties. I like this song.

[aguerrero1963]

Thumbs way up for brenda!!!! She is the original singer for this song, the rest are just plain followers.....

[MrButler124]

Hmmmmm yeah Mariah's version is way better. I like this one though as well. Ther's a hidden pain behind it, you can feel it when she says "I still believe". But it's Mariah for me

[BlindWatchMakers]

I've never heard the original, this was better than i expected it to be.

[rienabeemusic]

I still have hope in my heart you will come bk... I love you soo much!!

[wynwoodrican78]

Mariah made this song over she also was Brenda k star background singer

[alexanderdiaz1]

@wynwoodrican78 Absolutely! And, Mariah remade this song as a tribute to Brenda, to say thank you for jump starting my career, because if Brenda had not taken her to that party and given her demo tape to Tommy Mottola, we would probably have never heard of Mariah...

[swaylos]

That song is sexy, it really is

[missdivaqueen100]

Mariah has an amazing voice, but Brenda was made to sing dis but no one reconizes her for it... dats pretty sad cuz it was a big hit for her.

[The808Prophet]

sorry mariah but you lose

[MDAPioneer2010]

Mariah Carey & Brenda K. Starr Sung this Together in 1988 and 8 Years later, Mariah Carey sang on her own.

[jessica62390]

You can NEVER dedicate this song to two people. ONE true LOVE

[charmedone43]

Ohhh i meant LOVE not loge

[charmedone43]

Loge both versions, this is gorgeous too. Why compare? Both have great voices!

[Juiicyfruiit89]

I love this version , I could never listen to this song when mariah did it

[cartoonboi2]

I still love this song 

[juan44ist]

I just love her voice and the song is off the hook. No doubt old skool music was the best of the best

[teveemaster]

@juan44ist Agree with you we don't hear this kind of music anymore 80's the best

rodi

[debgibsonfan]

The REAL version.....remakes suck.

[22BroWNEYES22]

my favorite song from brenda k starr! my name is estrella by the way

[jameld55]

I Like Mariahs Version Better...

[prettiblackbuttafly]

Mariah is a vocal beauty, but this is clearly BRENDA'S SONG!! No-one (unfortunately, this includes Mariah) can touch her on this song! Gotta give it up to the latina mami... She did her thang!

[monijayxo]

@prettiblackbuttafly I agree with you, but Mariah is latina too lol.

[tazzy198525]

@monijayxo no mariah consider herslef blk, but shes mix her dad is blk, her mother is white

[chsn09]

Looks like someone is still bitter

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[bluecind5]

I've heard Brenda's version of this song more than Mariah's version throughout my lifetime. (and im only 16!) and Mariah's version came out in 1998!

[mark902]

i've never heard this version. i knew mariah's was a cover but this is the first time i've heard this. i'm surprised how true to the original mariah's version is.

[rafyraf100]

my greatest love song of all time!!!!

[MehMeh66]

Beautiful and emotional heart wrenching song. Always loved this one.

[mamigirl1986]

i love you cousin! im glad you made it big, just dont forget who your family is.. u sound beautiful cousin love you xoxoxoxo

[JayThrilla25]

@mamigirl1986 Your cousin is gorgeous

[Superbook4Eva]

Both Mariah's and Brenda's versions are terrific. But I like the original a little better. Brenda has such a terrific voice, it's a shame she never became a bigger star.

[CatW2Kidz]

Mariah Carey's remake of this came 11 years after the Brenda Starr original

[EcLiPzOrZ]

I work at a grocery store where I live and they play this song..I literally sing it out loud in front of everyone - Customers, employees, managers, EVERYONE. I love it..haha

[TheSweetmarcella]

DID YOU KNOW MARIAH CAREY USE TO BE HER BACK UP SINGER!!!!!! LOVE BOTH OF THEM

[tristintaylor22]

im 13 nd my mom would sing this to me when i wuz a baby

[rafyraf100]

@tristintaylor22 awww!!! nice!!!

[misterp21]

Grew up with my mom listening to Brenda K. Starr alot. I fell in love with this song.

I love the mariah carey version but there's nothing like the original.

[mdooms76]

This was my SONG back in the day!! Still is...lol :0)

[n01231]

this song is SO beautiful,but i think mariah's version is better

[perkolat]

@n01231 No way Mariah can out sing Brenda on this song!!!!!

[Sportsclub111]

This has got to be THE BEST song ib the world! I will FOREVER luv it, especially the opening line - "you looked in my eyes" !! Awesome- - this song should've been #1 as the lyrics and music are awesome! Must be cause she's a latin changes chick so they didn't give her recognition she so deserved! We've got to give credit where its due man! It's ok though- - cuz Brenda u will 4ever be my #1 with ur songs! Luv ya!

[74muffins]

I love Mariah Carey, but she can't touch this original version of the song.

[BrandonSeattle]

This version is definetely better tham Mariahs. If this song came out now and was writtten for an American Idol singer. I would go platinum in a week. songs nowadays don't go platinum easily.

[KPopEtSuteki]

I'm 15 years old, and I love this version way more than Mariah's..

My mom played this song at her and my dad's wedding vowel renewal and I fell in love with it :')

[NewAristocrats]

Hermosa!!!! We love you Brenda! You are a great inspiration!

Gracias <3

 Xoxo

[Keryha]

this song makes me feel so good. brenda's version takes me back to 88 & good memories of being a kid in 80s & early 90s & mariah's version takes me back to 98 & good times as a young adult in the late 90s & early 2gs. i love this song. both versions are too awesome for me to chose between :-)

[Papasean7]

Both versions are good...

[TraduccionesStarrr]

I prefer the version of mariah is much better. but also this version is very good.

[BrooklynGirl27]

Brenda nd Mariah are too dif singers with diff voices so they can't be compared!! Brenda's if great but I love Mariah's version also

[MultiMickchick]

*** is she black??

[EmceeSlick4life]

@MultiMickchick puertorican. i was wondering that myself for so long haha. she sounds white, in her video she looks like she could be either

[MultiMickchick]

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[omniadr1515]

Well, I have heard both versions and I think I like this one better.

[LadyJay0786]

Yeah I prefer Mariah's version better.

[MsFarzee]

I used to sing this when I was a kid...I love it

[millievip]

pure beauty...brenda sounds great mariah's sound too nazel....original is always better ....ofcourse whities are gonna pick mariah over brenda....typical....get your ears cleaned losers...

[tranurse]

@millievip i'm white and i like this version so much better. when i hear it, it's 1988 again.

[millievip]

pure beauty...

[greenttby]

Yes Mariah can blow, but this song is so righ for Brenda's voice. I use to hurt myself trying to sing as high as Brenda when i was a kid.

[wrabit79]

al these idiots comparing this version with mariah's don't know crap...this is amazing

[glamz2x]

i prefer mariah's version, better vocals

but great lyrics

[BrandonSeattle]

I like her version better than Mariah's. even though her voice is too high pitched like a chipmunk.

[123465249]

she sounds like a smurfie. Mariah's version is so much better!

[jennysmomma]

She sounds 13. How old was she when she sang this?

[Doobie1975]

This is one of the most saddest love songs I've ever heard, this song reminded me of this one girl who I really liked growing up but sadly she didn't care about me all that much and she wouldn't even get back in touch with me on Facebook but I do wish her well and I pray for her every now and then, me and her did have problems during our younger years but I'm not holding any grudges or resentments towards her.

[LaoSoftware]

@Doobie1975 : I have the same problem. It's called " the one that got away". I was so in love with this guy, but he got away. I didn't fight hard enough to keep him. So he move on and married someone else. Now I'm crying everyday. Regrets can never be fix. It's forever.

[TheDDPG]

sorry but mariah is so much better 

[azjerann]

i love this song ... nice and the singer is also nice

[19941994alex]

Mariah's is better

[SandSeaOcean]

What a great simple song.

[mirthybaby69]

I knew Starr growing up ..she got the short end of the stick!

[PiratebrainRecords]

See Brenda should have rocked Tommy's world Like Mariah did. She knew how this business worked. He was the most poewerful man in the record industry. but hey she roocked the world of a pollo tropical owner and now she works at a fast food joint. she made a choice but I still love here voice.

[kenrokycb]

....hey , ...wsup from uptown NY, ...we all got mad love homegirl, ...from rockin the streets to the airwaves, ...thats wsup, ....Dynamic Rockettes, ...Rock Steady Crew ,.....from 83rd St. to 110th. Amsterdam and Columbus Ave's. 90th. Street, ....The Roxys and all that good stuff, .............. we all put it down and thats that ...you know the deal, ......... keep it goin B, ........Ken Swift, Young City Boys, RSC, VII Gems 2011. Rock on.

[vpvictoria]

This version is so much better than Mariah's version. For some reason out of the blue, I thought of this song today. I have always liked it.

[MissKarls24]

I'm in love with this song, it's meaning is so powerful. I loveeee it's originality, but I have to say, I actually enjoy mariahs version better.

[janis1110]

!!!!EXelente EXELENTE VOZ DE ESTA Puertoriquena mis respetos!!!

[SevenWonOne]

it sounds really good when you play both versions over each other :)

[LightsOut706]

not even mariah carey can cover dis song better....sorry origianality beats new school

[Doobie1975]

What a beautiful song about a lost love, definitely one of the best ballads of the 1980s

[JSornon]

i like this

[DaveWollenberg]

Billboard's #93 hit of '88. Did Mariah sing backup on it? Brenda hit #13 pop, #14 AC, in Billboard. Born Brenda Kaplan.

[Moonserpent9]

This song was always on the radio after a breakup I went through with a beautiful red headed girl in the summer of '88. I did'nt treat her the way she deserved because she was going home to Virginia at the end of the summer and I was afraid to get hurt. I still miss her southern accent. Laurie, If by some one in a million chance U see this,I've been wanting to say I'm sorry for 22 years. I always regretted it and I never forgot you. Thanx for coming into my life,Applecheeks,Love,CS

[LaoSoftware]

@Moonserpent9 : I'm sorry about your loss. She must be the "one that got away". I have the same problem. I lost my true love 10 years ago. I met this perfect guy at my job. He was sweet and kind. He ask me out on dates. Each time I rejected him. He finally gave up on me and dated someone else. Five months later, he got married and quit his job. I never saw him again. I lost him. Now, I cry everyday of my life. Regrets can never be fix. It's forever. 

[rawlbird]

Man this song is for my love. The one i met in eight grade and date my freshman year who later after high school reunited with again. I truly think that if I had my act together I we would have been married you. I'll never forge you!!!

[MissMusicFan1]

Her voice sounds so childish.

I'm sorry but Mariah does this song to something more, and mariah's version is so much better in my opinion..

[LoveHateProductionz]

@MissMusicFan1 No way, I love Brenda's! ^^

[totalvicky]

Now that picture looks exactly like a girl I used to know ...

[saradpk]

SCREW Mariah Carey. It was Brenda K Star who made her career then Mariah turns her back and thinks she's hot sh*t now. Brenda will always be better in my eyes!!!

[besy27]

cya pla original n kumanta nito...maganda tlga ang original!!!i like her voice...

[PinkyxOmgg]

Her voice is so cute!

[dandyfireable]

@PrinceWatercress it's called a cover and MIMI version charted higher at #4 while starr is at 13. Have u ever heard a song called train kept a rollin every more than 6 rock bands covered that (aerosmith, stones yardbirds which are now Led Zeppelin

[Mrdobfine]

Its cute, but Mariah's version, just does something more for me

[TheHelao]

this version is good

[mcluver455]

I like this version. But I LOOOVE Mariah's version so much better.

[76grandprix]

The first time I heard this song, I fell in love with it.

[thehomeofballads]

I like this version...but I don't like Mariah Carey's version

[jak7f22]

i prefer mariah...she's simply insuperable. But brenda is good!

[88flex88]

I need to look up Mariah's version

[tstar49]

I've always loved this version. When I heard Mariah's version, I thought she butchered the song.

[88flex88]

Brenda k came out at a wonderful time for music, most of todays artist need to go back to the roots of music instead of taking music samples, meolodies, otfen words, and phrases from the original artist and create their own music. due to samples, synths, and auto-tune we have to deal with the crap playing today.

[omcgirt]

This is definitely the best version by far!

[freakis18]

I Believe mariah carey killed this Song From start to end

[purplelove010]

she can't do it like mariah carey!

[LGLG69]

@purplelove010 I like Mariah's version, but Brenda's is the BEST!

[purplelove010]

@LGLG69 i do agree that brenda started the song out better than mariah carey but when it comes to the part no no no no no i think mariah carey did that part best!

[LupitaP1999]

@purplelove010 she does it better mariah is too emotional its annoying but i still love mariah carey :)

[treasured17]

very very beautiful song...

[wyancy]

i like brenda starrs version better than mariahs..much more romantic and sometimes less is more ..dont need any runs or fancy shamancy in this beautiful song..

[Gingerbaby67]

enuf MARIAH talk...this is Brenda's tribute..roll with it! The Ringo Starr shit is funny as hell tho.

[KayakoToshioSaekixxx]

iz diz gal related to Ringo Starr?

[carnellbab]

i actually like this..but i love mariahs

how old is this woman here?

[jorGl05]

This is the original version and is beautiful and cute but Mariah's Version is the best i love that version

[franzwin25]

i like this song...

[MsSpring777]

Beautiful song!! Im adding it to my favorite!

[mrjoshjones1]

You like the Dells too, huh?

Very great taste in your music

young lady.

[xiomara2100]

I LOVE THIS SONG

[Makaykay167]

wait did she write this song?

[PangeloBby]

Mariah's version is way better but I like Brenda's lastname ;) lols

[drunkdivamariahcarey]

MARIAH HAS TRIBUTES TO BRENDA

[luibts]

she has a great voice.i wanna cry when i hear this song :(

[Guernica1000]

I still get misty-eyed everytime I hear this song.

[88flex88]

During the late 1980s, Mariah Carey sang background vocals for Starr, and Starr helped Carey secure a recording contract by giving a demo tape of hers to Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola at a party. By 1991, Mariah Carey had become Sony/Columbia's star attraction, which caused Starr's career to shrink in terms of commercial success.

[Mattyuk1]

@88flex88 Mariah must've been about 15-16

[PrinceWatercress]

@88flex88 You know what's really weird? Mariah Carey re-recorded the song in the late 1990s.

I have the feeling that if Mariah Carey's career flopped, Brenda K. Starr would have had the fame that Mariah's having now...anyone else here agree?

[SeroDarkmount]

@PrinceWatercress i agree lol.. mariah used brenda to get into position to sleep her way to the top lol

[malatrex]

@PrinceWatercress - No. Mariah still apparently still considers Ms. Starr to be a good friend and as the song is written by Ms. Starr, the writer reaped the benefits of Mariah's 5+million seller cd. Brenda K. Starr is doing o.k. I don't think many people would have had the success that Mariah had as she was married to the head of the label. 

[PrinceWatercress]

@malatrex Forgot that her version of the song charted higher than Brenda's.

She must have gotten seven-digit royalties from that, I bet! :D

[SeroDarkmount]

@88flex88

nice wiki copyposta lol

[petervu]

@88flex88 really? Mariah used to be Starr backup vocal?

[4thernandez]

it doesnt matter what YOU think.

[neebette1]

Mariah did not do this song justice...I love this version the best!

[ramonsuave]

i don't know if you know or not but Mariah did her version in one take! It really isn't bad considering that.

[jasin95]

well there's no heart in that

[MrErictgibson]

sure there is because its more raw. if you sing something live you don't have a milliion takes to do it. you just sing it from the heart and thats what she did.

[jasin95]

@MrErictgibson

I suppose, but not even another take just to see if it could be any better?

[yaadiebwoy]

@neebette1 Here Here...I agree with you 100%

[SeroDarkmount]

@neebette1

correct.. also, mariah is partialy responsible for the downfall of Brenda's career :(

[vumann40]

@neebette1 I agree with you 100%.. Brenda's version is more sincere and I like her vocals style much better then Mariah's. I still can't believe that Brenda didn't exploded on the music scene the way Mariah has and did. Don't get me wrong Mariah has a great voice but sometimes her high notes are a bit much. It makes me sick how some singers are so talanted but just don't get the dues. For example look at Teena Marie (RIP). Love this song big time. Listen to it all the time like it was new!!!

[mischievousj]

THE ORIGINALS ALWAYS SOUNDS BEST

[Zabach12]

I AGREE THE ORIGINALS ARE THE BEST!

[scoot1105]

This is one of my all time favorite songs!! I love both Brenda's version and Mariah's, but if i had to pick one, IT'S BRENDA'S HANDS DOWN!!!

[lhulhu23]

i still believe..................i do believe

[pipsqueak677]

thats my aunt

[SparklyMusicGoddess]

The ultimate torch song! Brenda was fabulous, with such great vocal range. Such a pretty song.

[ilovelee8]

i lissened to her for years.

[pmd6969able]

Shes AMAZING always will be. Beautiful voice & ofcourse Beautiful everything, shes so hot !!!

[pmd6969able]

I always was in love with Brenda.' IN LOVE'

[mkkz2]

i agree original r better 2 me but mariah also did her thing but Brenda set this song afire

[Megatone65]

WHY DO THE DAM SONG IF IS GONNA SOUND ALMOST EXACTLY? stupid

[selenacarter1]

i like brenda's version a lot better than mariah's too.

[VeronicasPlace]

Thanks for the upload. I like her version better than Mariahs!

[yummymissydotcom]

I love this song so much! It's a classic goody IMO.