I Just Can't Help Believing

"I Just Can't Help Believing" is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.

"I Just Can't Help Believing"
Single by B.J. Thomas
from the album Everybody's Out of Town
B-side"Send My Picture to Scranton, PA."
ReleasedJune 1970
LabelScepter Records
Songwriter(s)
B.J. Thomas singles chronology
"Everybody's Out of Town"
(1970)		 "I Just Can't Help Believing"
(1970)		 "Most of All"
(1970)

The song was most successful after it was recorded by B.J. Thomas and released as a single in 1970. It went to number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and spent one week at number one on the Easy Listening (adult contemporary) chart.[1]

Thomas re-recorded "I Just Can't Help Believing" with Vince Gill for his 2013 album The Living Room Sessions. The re-recording was released as a single on June 3, 2013.[2]

Elvis Presley cover
"I Just Can't Help Believing"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album That's the Way It Is
B-side"How the Web Was Woven"
Released1971
GenreBlue eyed soul
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"It's Only Love"
(1971)		 "I Just Can't Help Believing"
(1971)		 "Until It's Time for You to Go"
(1972)

"I Just Can't Help Believing" was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1970 as a track on his album That's the Way It Is. It was released as a single in the UK in November 1971, peaking at number six. Presley's version also reached number six in South Africa, and No. 12 in Ireland.

Chart history

Other cover versions
  • The first release was as a single by Barry Mann on Capitol Records, reviewed in Billboard Magazine on June 22, 1968.
  • The song was released by Bobby Vee in 1969 on his 1969 Gates, Grills and Railings LP.
  • Bobby Doyle released it as a single in 1969 on the Warner Brothers label.
  • The song was recorded by Leonard Nimoy in his 1969 album The Touch of Leonard Nimoy.
  • David Frizzell's version reached # 36 on the U.S. Billboard Country Singles chart in 1970.
  • The song was recorded by Filipina singer-actress Nora Aunor, on her 1971 studio album The Song of My Life.
  • The disco cover band Boys Town Gang releasesd it in the UK in July 1983 reaching No.82.[10]
  • Barry Mann recorded the song again in 2000 on his solo album "Soul & Inspiration".
  • The song was recorded by the Colombian Marco T Spanish version on his 2004 album Request Songs Canciones de Amor.

See also
  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1970 (U.S.)

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 242.
  2. "R&R :: Going For Adds :: Country". Radio & Records. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  3. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 22, 1970
  5. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Just Can't Help Believing". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  6. "SA Charts 1965 – March 1989". Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  7. "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. December 4, 1971. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  8. Musicoutfitters.com
  9. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1970". Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  10. "BOYS TOWN GANG | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
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