Which Cher song is regarded as the first hit song to use Auto-Tune?
Believe
I Found Someone
I Got You Babe
If I Could Turn Back Time
Cher’s 1998 hit “Believe” is regarded as the first record that commercially used Auto-Tune. If you listen to the word ‘believe’ in the song, you will hear a rapid, ear-catching pitch shift on the phrase, which creates a robotic effect. While Auto-Tune was designed to be used subtly to correct vocal performances, the “Believe” producers used extreme settings to create unnaturally rapid corrections in Cher’s vocals, thereby removing portamento, the natural slide between pitches in singing. It was widely imitated and became known as the “Cher effect.”
The correct answer is Believe.