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I'm a Believer (Smash Mouth song)

"I'm a Believer"
The Monkees single 02 I'm a Believer.jpg
US single cover
Single by The Monkees
from the album More of the Monkees
B-side "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"
Released 12 November 1966
Format 7"
Recorded 15 & 23 October 1966
New York City, NY
Genre Pop rock
Length 2:47
Label Colgems #1002
Songwriter(s) Neil Diamond
Producer(s) Jeff Barry
The Monkees singles chronology
"Last Train to Clarksville"
(1966)
"I'm a Believer"
(1966)
"A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You"
(1967)
"Last Train to Clarksville"
(1966)
"I'm a Believer"
(1966)
"A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You"
(1967)
"I'm a Believer"
I'm a Believer by Smash Mouth.jpg
Single by Smash Mouth
from the album Smash Mouth
Released May 15, 2001
Format CD single
Recorded 2001
Length 3:02
Label Interscope
Songwriter(s) Neil Diamond
Producer(s) Eric Valentine
Smash Mouth singles chronology
"Then the Morning Comes"
(1999)
"I'm a Believer"
(2001)
"Pacific Coast Party"
(2001)
"Then the Morning Comes"
(1999)
"I'm a Believer"
(2001)
"Pacific Coast Party"
(2001)

"I'm a Believer" is a song composed by Neil Diamond and recorded by The Monkees in 1966 with the lead vocals by Micky Dolenz. The single, produced by Jeff Barry, hit the number one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending December 31, 1966 and remained there for seven weeks, becoming the last No. 1 hit of 1966 and the biggest-selling record for all of 1967. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 5 song for 1967. Because of 1,051,280 advance orders, it went gold within two days of release. It is one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold more than 10 million physical copies worldwide. While originally published by Screen Gems-Columbia Music (BMI), it is now published by Stonebridge Music/EMI Foray Music (SESAC).

The song was No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in January and February 1967, as well as a Number 1 in numerous countries including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Ireland.

The song appears in four consecutive episodes of The Monkees' TV show throughout December 1966.

Neil Diamond had already recorded this song before it was covered by The Monkees, and it still sometimes is performed in his live concerts. A revised recording by Diamond, featuring additional lyrics, appears on the album September Morn, while his original recording appeared on the 1967 album Just for You. Diamond also suggested it to The Fifth Estate who recorded it as a 1967 album cut to follow up their hit "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead". The Monkees' recording kept the novelty hit "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron", by The Royal Guardsmen, at number two for four weeks, and from reaching the Hot 100's summit.


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