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"I Cannot Believe It's True" is a song by Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. The third US single released from the album, and was only released in the US and Canada; internationally, it had instead been released as the B-side of "You Can't Hurry Love".

"I Cannot Believe It's True"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album Hello, I Must Be Going!
B-side	"Thru These Walls"
Released	April 1983 (US)
Recorded	1982
Genre	Pop rock
Length	5:14
Label	Atlantic Records (International)
Songwriter(s)	Phil Collins
Producer(s)	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham
Phil Collins singles chronology
"Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning" (1983) "I Cannot Believe It's True" (1983) "Like China" (1983)

Cash Box noted the "cowbell-like" percussion and "Collins' profound pop tunesmithing."[1]

The song found moderate success on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #79.

Track listing

U.S. 7" single (Atlantic)

1. "I Cannot Believe It's True"
2. "Thru These Walls"

U.S. 12" promo single (Atlantic)

1. "I Cannot Believe It's True"
2. "I Cannot Believe It's True" (live on 19 December 1982 in Pasadena, California at Perkins Palace) [2]

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	79

Credits

• Phil Collins – keyboards, drums, vocals, percussion
• Daryl Stuermer – guitars
• John Giblin – bass
• Don Myrick – alto sax solo
• Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis and Michael Harris – Phenix Horns
• Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis, Phil Collins and Peter Newton – Phenix Choir

Live version

• Phil Collins – vocals, Rhodes piano
• J. Peter Robinson – keyboards, vocoder
• Daryl Stuermer – guitar
• Mo Foster – bass
• Chester Thompson – drums
• Don Myrick – alto sax solo
• Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis and Michael Harris – Phenix Horns

References

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