<Tr> <Th> Composer (s) </Th> <Td> Rolf Løvland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lyricist (s) </Th> <Td> Brendan Graham </Td> </Tr> <P> "You Raise Me Up" is a song originally composed by Irish - Norwegian duo Secret Garden . The music was written by Secret Garden's Rolf Løvland and the lyrics by Brendan Graham . After the song was performed early in 2002 by the Secret Garden and their invited lead singer, Brian Kennedy, the song only became a minor UK hit . The song has been recorded by more than a hundred other artists including Josh Groban, who popularized the song in 2003; his rendition became a hit in the United States . The Irish band Westlife then popularized the song in the UK two years later . </P> <P> The song was originally composed as an instrumental piece and titled "Silent Story". Some have claimed there is a strong resemblance to the traditional Irish tune Londonderry Air, to which Løvland has commented: "There are similarities but no plagiarism . When I made "You Raise Me Up" I asked myself - what is the inner essence of Irish music?" Løvland later approached Irish novelist and songwriter Brendan Graham to write the lyrics to his melody, after reading Graham's novels . </P>

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