September 13, 2018 (Thursday)
You Raise Me Up was composed by an Irish-Norwegian duo known as Secret Garden, performers of primarily instrumental music. The music was composed by Rolf Lovland. The song was originally written as an instrumental piece. Lovland asked Brendan Graham to write the lyrics. Graham is said to have finished the song that very night with no rewrites needed.
The song was first performed in 2002 with moderate success. In 2003, producer David Foster was introduced to the song and decided on an up-and-coming young musician, Josh Groban, to record the song. This version was very successful. When Groban performed the song at the 2004 Super Bowl, on the Oprah Winfrey Show, and various other televised exposure the song gained national and international exposure. Viewpoints vary on who raises them up based on the singer and listener. Loveland stated everyone raises one another up, others point to a specific person and Josh Groban states that God raises him up.
Who raises you up?