he let me know what it was, we went to a screening to watch it and that's when I ended up coming up with 'I Believe I Can Fly'. "I was like, 'Yeah!' I didn't even ask what it was. Kelly was asked about the creative process behind the song: "When I met Michael Jordan on a basketball court at an athletic club - we hooped together in Chicago - he came to me and asked me if I wanted to do a song for his upcoming movie," Kelly said.
The music video was directed by Kelly with Hype Williams and designed by visual artist and designer Ron Norsworthy. It was ranked number 406 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004. The song received five nominations at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, winning Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song, and Best Song Written for Visual Media, while losing Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Outside of the United States, "I Believe I Can Fly" topped the charts in eight countries, including the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It reached the number-one spot of the Billboard R&B Singles Chart and remained there for six non-consecutive weeks, keeping "Un-Break My Heart" from the top position of that chart for four of those weeks. Although Kelly has had two number one songs on the pop chart, "I Believe I Can Fly" is his most successful single. In early 1997, "I Believe I Can Fly" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 it was kept from the number one spot by Toni Braxton's " Un-Break My Heart". It was originally released on November 26, 1996, and was later included on Kelly's 1998 album R.
Kelly, from the soundtrack to the 1996 film Space Jam. " I Believe I Can Fly" is a 1996 song written and performed by American singer R. Problems playing this file? See media help.
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