I'll Be There for You (Solid HarmoniE song)


"I'll Be There for You" is a 1997 song recorded by British-American pop group Solid HarmoniE. It was released as the lead single from their album, Solid HarmoniE. The song is produced by Swedish producers and songwriters Kristian Lundin and Max Martin, who also wrote it. The single remains the group's most successful song, peaking at number 7 in the Netherlands, number 9 in Sweden and number 12 in Denmark. It also reached number 18 in the UK and number 123 in the US. A music video was shot to accompany the single. It was directed by Gerry Wenner.

Critical reception

Music & Media wrote about the song: "There's a real international aspect to this U.S. pop/dance quartet, A&R'ed out of the Netherlands, with Swedish producers; a female counterpart of the Backstreet Boys, perhaps? They have in common some really strong vocal harmonies and-if this example is anything to go by-some very convincing material. Frans van Dun, one of the programmers at leading Dutch AC network Sky Radio 100.7 FM/Hilversum, believes the comparison is an
apt one. "They have a lot in common with the Backstreet Boys, who are very popular over here," he suggests. Van Dun continues: "It's the kind of pleasant, inoffensive track that's easy to programme and although it didn't test that well, we've stuck with it since it started to chart 11 weeks ago." Van Dun concludes: "For one reason or another, people do seem to like this thing, because it spent seven weeks in the singles Top 10."

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Charts

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Year-end charts