| “I'm a Believer” | |||||
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| Single by The Monkees from the album More of The Monkees |
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| B-side | "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" | ||||
| Released | 12 November 1966 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Label | RCA | ||||
| Writer(s) | Neil Diamond | ||||
| Producer | Jeff Barry | ||||
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The Monkees - "I'm a Believer"
"I'm a Believer" is a song composed by Neil Diamond and recorded by the band The Monkees in 1966 with the lead vocals by Micky Dolenz. Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American Singer-songwriter and occasional Actor. For the group's self-titled album see The Monkees (album. For the TV series see The Monkees (TV series. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. George Michael Dolenz Jr (born March 8, 1945) is an American Actor, Musician, Television director and theatre It is written in G major with several modulations to G mixolydian. The Mixolydian mode is a Musical mode or Diatonic scale. It has the same series of tones and semitones as the Major scale, except The single, produced by Jeff Barry, hit the number one spot on the U. Jeff Barry (born April 3, 1938) is an American pop music Songwriter, Singer, and Record producer. S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on December 31, 1966 and remained there for seven weeks, becoming the biggest-selling record for all of 1967, and one of the biggest of all time. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Because of advance orders, over 1,051,280, it went gold within two days of release. The song became Billboard's top single of the year and kept the novelty smash, "Snoopy & the Red Baron" by The Royal Guardsmen, at number two for four weeks. Neil Diamond had already recorded this song before it was covered by the Monkees, and it still sometimes appears in his live concerts. Neil Diamond also suggested it to The Fifth Estate who recorded it as a 1967 album cut in follow up to their smash hit Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead. The Fifth Estate was a rock n roll band originally formed in Stamford Connecticut as the The D-Men in early 1964 This song was later covered by Smash Mouth and Eddie Murphy in 2001, as part of the soundtrack to the movie Shrek (the band also released the song on its self-titled album). This article is about the San Jose California band For their eponymous album see Smash Mouth (album. Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3 1961 is an Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe - Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Shrek is a 2001 computer-animated American Comedy film, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and Smash Mouth is the self titled third album by alternative rockers Smash Mouth released in late 2001 Eddie Murphy, portraying the character "Donkey", also performed a rendition of the song in the film. Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3 1961 is an Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe - Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American The song was chosen for its opening line, "I thought love was only true in fairy tales," which matched the fairy tale motif of the film. "I'm a Believer" was a hit for both The Monkees and Smash Mouth. For the group's self-titled album see The Monkees (album. For the TV series see The Monkees (TV series. This article is about the San Jose California band For their eponymous album see Smash Mouth (album.
A revised recording by Neil Diamond, featuring additional lyrics, appears on the album September Morn, whilst his original recording can be found on several albums, including his greatest hits album, The Essential Neil Diamond. A cover by British singer-songwriter Robert Wyatt was an unlikely hit in the UK in 1974. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945 in Bristol) is an English Musician, and founding member of the influential Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. In 1995, British comedian Vic Reeves teamed up with then-popular band EMF for a version which reached #3 on the UK singles chart; this cover is notable for its semi-comic inclusion of three solo drumbeats and a shout of "Oi!" between the first and second lines of the first and second verses. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Vic Reeves (b 24 January 1959 as James "Jim" Roderick Moir) is an English Comedian, best known for his Double act with Bob Mortimer EMF are an indie dance band from the United Kingdom. The band came to prominence at the end of the 1980s and the early 1990s coming from the Forest of Dean in This addition to the song has permeated popular culture in the UK to the extent that it has become almost impossible for the original version to be played in public without the audience adding their own "Oi!". A nod to this version is included in Shrek; though the "Oi!" does not appear in any album version of Smash Mouth's cover, it is inserted into the song when it is played in the film's finale, shouted by Snow White's Seven Dwarfs. Snow White (in Low German Sneewittchen; in High German Schneeweißchen) is the title character of a Fairy tale known from many countries in
In 2008, this song ranked #1 on Dallas station KLUV 98. KLUV, branded as "K-LUV" (K-Love is a Radio station transmitting on 98 7FM's Top 500 Memorial Day Countdown, as voted on by the listeners.
| Preceded by "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single (The Monkees version) December 31, 1966 |
Succeeded by "Kind of a Drag" by The Buckinghams |
| Preceded by "Green Green Grass of Home" by Tom Jones |
UK number one single 19 January 1967 for four weeks |
Succeeded by "This Is My Song" by Petula Clark |
| Preceded by "Winchester Cathedral" by The New Vaudeville Band |
United World Chart number one single January 21, 1967 – March 18, 1967 |
Succeeded by "Penny Lane" by The Beatles |