"The Climb" is a song performed by American recording artist Miley Cyrus. The song was written by Jessi Alexander and Jon Mabe, produced by John Shanks. It was released as the main single from the soundtrack to Hannah Montana: The Movie; "Let's Do This", "Let's Get Crazy" and "Back to Tennessee" were previously released for airplay, but were not released physically or digitally. The song was written for Hannah Montana: The Movie, a spin-off of the television series to portray the struggles of the plot. The down-tempo song, "The Climb", has country influences and lyrically speaks about not giving up, no matter the circumstances of life.
The song has been critically appreciated with reviewers complimenting Cyrus's natural husky twang and native inflection associated with it. The song achieved commercial success by reaching the top ten in charts for the United States, Canada, Australia and Norway. In the United States, Australia and Norway, "The Climb" became Cyrus's best charting single to date. It scored the highest-charting U.S. single for any current Disney Channel Star and spent over eight weeks upon the top ten. It was certified double platinum by the RIAA in August 2009.
The corresponding music video had Cyrus performing the song while climbing a mountain as well as involving scenes from Hannah Montana: The Movie. "The Climb" was performed live in a number of occasions including: Kids' Inaugural: "We Are the Future", Academy of Country Music Awards, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, American Idol, Good Morning America and more. In 2009, the song received a MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards nomination in the Best Song from a Movie category and Choice Music: Single; ultimately "The Climb" won both.
The Climb lyrics - Miley Cyrus
I can almost see it,
That dream I'm dreamin'
But theres a voice inside my head sayin'
You'll never reach it
Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking
But I gotta keep tryin'
Gotta keep my head held high
Theres always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a up-hill battle
Sometimes i'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about whats waiting on the other side
Its the climb
The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But, No, I'm not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember Most, yeah
Just gotta keep goin'
And, I, I got to be Strong
Just Keep pushing, on
'Cause theres always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a up-hill battle
Sometimes i'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about whats waiting on the other side
Its The Climb
Yeah
Theres always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a up-hill battle
somebody's gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about whats waiting on the other side
Its the climb
Keep on movin'
Keep climbin'
Keep the faith baby
Its all about
Its all about
The climb
Keep the faith, keep the faith woah