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"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."
Released	June 1970
Label	Scepter Records
Songwriter(s)	Barry Mann Cynthia Weil
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

"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	1971
Genre	Blue-eyed soul
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Barry Mann Cynthia Weil
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. 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

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.

See also

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

References

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