Believe is a song.
`` Believe '' is a song recorded by American singer-actress Cher . It is the title track from her twenty-second album of the same name ( 1998 ) , and was released as the lead single from the album on October 19 , 1998 by Warner Bros. . `` Believe '' is an upbeat dance-pop song . Lyrically , the song is about the personal empowerment and self-sufficiency after a painful break-up .