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"I Believe" is a 1994 song by American vocal and instrumental ensemble Sounds of Blackness. It was produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and was written by the duo along with: Marvin R. Pierce, Ralph Middlebrooks, Eugene Marshall Jones, Clarence Satchell, Gregory Allen Webster and Walter Junie Morrison.^{[citation needed]} The song was released as the first single from the group's third album, Africa to America; The Journey of the Drum. It was the group's sixth release to make the US Billboard soul chart, peaking at #15, and their only Billboard Hot 100 release, where it went to #99.[1] "I Believe" was also the group's second number on the US Billboard dance chart, where it spent one week at the top.[2] It samples Ohio Players 1971 recording, "Pain".[3]

"I Believe"
Single by Sounds of Blackness
from the album Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum
Released	1994
Songwriter(s)	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Marvin R. Pierce, Ralph Middlebrooks, Eugene Marshall Jones, Clarence Satchell, Gregory Allen Webster and Walter Junie Morrison
Sounds of Blackness singles chronology
"The Pressure Part 1" (1991) "I Believe" (1994) "Gloryland" (1994)

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "I Believe" by Sounds of Blackness

Chart (1994)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)	17
UK Dance (Music Week)[4]	1
US Billboard Hot 100	99
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)	1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)	15

Year-end charts

1994 year-end chart performance for "I Believe" by Sounds of Blackness

Chart (1994)	Peak position
US Hot Dance Music Club/Play (Billboard)[5]	15

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 1994 (U.S.)

References

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