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
GenreEasy listening
Length2:57
LabelScepter Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Chips Moman
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 No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and spent one week at No. 1 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. This was released as a single on June 3, 2013.[2]

Elvis Presley cover

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"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"
Released
RecordedAugust 11, 1970
VenueInternational Hotel, in Las Vegas
GenreCountry Blue-eyed soul
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"It's Only Love"
(1971)
"I Just Can't Help Believing"
(1970)
"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. A live version was released as a single in the UK in November 1971, peaking at No. 6. Presley's version also reached No. 6 in South Africa, and No. 12 in Ireland.

Chart history

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Other cover versions

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See also

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References

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  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 1955–1990ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 22, 1970". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Just Can't Help Believing". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  7. ^ "SA Charts 1965 – March 1989". Rock.co.za. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  8. ^ "I Just Can't Help Believing". Officialcharts.com. December 4, 1971. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  9. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1970/Top 100 Songs of 1970". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  10. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1970". Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  11. ^ "BOYS TOWN GANG | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved May 16, 2020.