Rise (Gabrielle song)
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"Rise" is a popular single by Gabrielle
Gabrielle (singer)
Louisa Gabrielle Bobb is a multi-platinum selling, BRIT Award winning English singer, who records under the name Gabrielle. Gabrielle began her career temping during the day and singing for free in London clubs at night...

. It was her second number one single in the UK
United Kingdom
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 (and thus far, last). The song was the title-track and second single from her third studio album.

Written by Gabrielle, Ollie Dagois, Ferdy Unger-Hamilton and Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

 and produced by Johnny Dollar, the song reached number one on the UK singles chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 for two weeks in January 2000.

The song has sold 460,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company.

The song was the 14th best selling of 2000 in the UK.

"Rise" is notable for a rare authorised use of a Bob Dylan sample. It takes extensively from his 1973 song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.-Story line and song structure:...

" and Dylan liked the song so much that he allowed Gabrielle to use the sample for free.

The song has been covered by Jamaican singer Mr. Vegas
Mr. Vegas
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Charts

"Rise" was a number one single in Ireland. However, the single was far less successful in Australia, where it peaked at number 44.
Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 44
Austrian Singles Chart 5
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 12
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart 38
Dutch Singles Chart 14
Finnish Singles Chart 17
French Singles Chart 35
Irish Singles Chart
Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

1
New Zealand Singles Chart 2
Norwegian Singles Chart 5
Swedish Singles Chart 24
Swiss Singles Chart 11
UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

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Track listings

UK CD: 1 (GOBCD 25)
  1. "Rise" (Album Version)
  2. "Rise" (Deep Dish
    Deep Dish
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     Hi-Rise Remix Edit)
  3. "Rise" (Artful Dodger Above Board Vox Mix)


UK CD: 2 (GOLCD 25)
  1. "Rise" (Album Version)
  2. "Rise" (Mash Up Matt Darey
    Matt Darey
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     Remix)
  3. "Dreams
    Dreams (Gabrielle song)
    "Dreams" is the debut single from Gabrielle. Written by Gabrielle and Tim Laws and produced by Richie Fermie, "Dreams" reached number one on the UK singles chart for three weeks in June 1993. The single entered the British charts at #2, which was the highest chart entry a debut act ever scored in...

    " (Original Mix)

Music video

The video for "Rise" features Gabrielle as a spectator viewing a boxing match. The video was directed by Matt Carter and was shot in the winter of 1999.
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