| I Believe | |
| Cover: | I_Believe_(Sounds_of_Blackness_song).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sounds of Blackness |
| Released: | 1994 |
| Genre: | hip hop soul |
| Prev Title: | The Pressure Part 1 |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Gloryland |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
"I Believe" is a 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. The song was released in 1994 as the first single from the group's third album, Africa to America; The Journey of the Drum (1994). 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]
| UK Singles (OCC) | 17 |
|---|---|
| UK Dance (Music Week)[4] | 1 |
| UK Club Chart (Music Week)[5] | 2 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 99 |
| US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard) | 1 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) | 15 |
| UK Club Chart (Music Week)[6] | 18 | |
|---|---|---|
| US Hot Dance Music Club/Play (Billboard)[7] | 15 |