I Just Can't Help Believing

"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."

Released

June 1970

Genre

Easy listening

Length

2:57

Label

Scepter Records

Songwriter(s)

Barry Mann
Cynthia Weil

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)

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

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

"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

11 November 1970 (1970-11-11) (That's the Way It Is album)
November 1971 (1971-11) (UK single)

Recorded

August 11, 1970

Venue

International Hotel, in Las Vegas

Genre

Country Blue-eyed soul

Label

RCA

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

Weekly charts

B. J. Thomas

Chart (1970)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles	18
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	9
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	1
US Cash Box Top 100^[4]	11

Elvis Presley version

Chart (1971–72)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[5]	8
Belgium	10
Ireland (IRMA)^[6]	12
Netherlands	4
South Africa (Springbok)^[7]	6
Sweden	3
UK^[8]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1970)	Rank
US Billboard Hot 100^[9]	75
US Cash Box^[10]	76

Other cover versions

The first release was as a single by Barry Mann on Capitol Records, which was reviewed in Billboard magazine on June 22, 1968.
Bobby Vee covered it on his 1969 LP Gates, Grills and Railings.
Bobby Doyle released it as a single in 1969 on the Warner Brothers label.
Leonard Nimoy released a version on his 1969 album The Touch of Leonard Nimoy.
David Frizzell's version reached No. 36 on the U.S. Billboard Country Singles chart in 1970.
Filipina singer-actress Nora Aunor released it on her 1971 studio album The Song of My Life.
The disco cover band Boys Town Gang released a version in the UK in July 1983, which reached No. 82.^[11]
Barry Mann recorded the song again in 2000 for his solo album Soul & Inspiration.

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 242.
^ "R&R :: Going For Adds :: Country". Radio & Records. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 22, 1970". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Just Can't Help Believing". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
^ "SA Charts 1965 – March 1989". Rock.co.za. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
^ "I Just Can't Help Believing". Officialcharts.com. December 4, 1971. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1970/Top 100 Songs of 1970". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1970". Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
^ "BOYS TOWN GANG | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved May 16, 2020.

B. J. Thomas

Discography

Albums

On My Way
Longhorns & Londonbridges
Reunion
You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer)
Love Shines
The Living Room Sessions

Singles

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
"Mama"
"Hooked on a Feeling"
"It's Only Love"
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
"I Just Can't Help Believing"
"Most of All"
"No Love at All"
"Long Ago Tomorrow"
"Rock and Roll Lullaby"
"(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"
"Don't Worry Baby"
"What a Difference You've Made"
"I Recall a Gypsy Woman"
"Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love"
"New Looks from an Old Lover"
"Two Car Garage"
"Night Life"
"The Part of Me That Needs You Most"

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Christmas albums	Let There Be Peace on Earth Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection
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