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"You Raise Me Up" is a song composed by Rolf Løvland and written by Brendan Graham. It was first recorded by Secret Garden, in collaboration with Brian Kennedy.
Brendan Graham (born 12 February 1945) [1] is an Irish songwriter and novelist. Among songs he has written are "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" (1994) and "The Voice" (1996), both of which won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland in their respective years, and "You Raise Me Up" [2] (2002), which was an international hit recorded by various artists, including Josh Groban.
These songs are a giant step closer to who I really am and what my music is all about. Hence the title. [19] Two months after Closer was released, it rose on the Billboard charts from number 11 to number one. [21] Groban's cover of "You Raise Me Up" became his third most popular song on the adult contemporary charts as of March 2004
In the latest ruling, a federal judge has thrown out a suit claiming that the 2003 Josh Groban song "You Raise Me Up" was based on an Icelandic song from 1977 called "Soknudur." The plaintiff ...
Secret Garden's most famous song "You Raise Me Up", originally performed by Johnny Logan and Brian Kennedy, has been recorded by more than a hundred other artists including Josh Groban, Russell Watson, Westlife, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Becky Taylor, Celtic Woman, Lena Park, Robert Tremlett, Il Divo, Rhydian, and Sergio Dalma.
Closer is the second studio album by vocalist Josh Groban, released in November 2003.Much like his first studio album, half of this album's songs are sung in English, with the remainder sung in various other languages (Italian, Spanish and French).
He composed the song "La det swinge" in 1985. He also composed the song "Nocturne" in 1995, as part of the duo Secret Garden. He also composed the song "You Raise Me Up". In an interview with Radio Norge in February 2010, Løvland stated that this song had been covered more than 500 times thus far.
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