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Kelly got an early copy of the movie to view for inspiration. According to Rolling Stone magazine, Kelly said: “I studied it and I prayed over it because I wanted the best thing to come out of it.”
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This won 1997 Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song, and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television.
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Kelly may claim that he believes he can fly in this song, but in reality the R&B superstar has a chronic fear of air travel. Kelly is so scared of planes that he even takes boats when he tours Europe.

“I Believe I Can Fly” is a 1996 song written, produced and performed by American singer R. Kelly, from the soundtrack to the 1996 film Space Jam. It was originally released on November 26, 1996, and was later included on Kelly’s 1998 album R.

In early 1997, “I Believe I Can Fly” reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100; it was kept from the number one spot by Toni Braxton‘s “Un-Break My Heart“.
Although Kelly has had two number one songs on the pop chart, “I Believe I Can Fly” is his most successful single. It reached the number-one spot of the BillboardR&B Singles Chart and remained there for six non-consecutive weeks, keeping “Un-Break My Heart” from the top position of that chart for four of those weeks.
“I Believe I Can Fly” also topped the charts in eight countries (including the United Kingdom), has won three Grammy Awards, and was ranked number 406 on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004. The music video was directed by Kelly with Hype Williams.






The song featured on the soundtrack of the romantic comedy film, Drive Me Crazy. Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier reprised their roles from the movie in the video. Nigel Dick, who directed the promo told MTV News that it was a struggle to convince Grenier to make an appearance in it.














