I Cannot Believe It's True Explained

I Cannot Believe It's True
Cover:I Cannot Believe Its True.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Phil Collins
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)
Producer:Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham
Prev Title:Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning
Next Year:1983

"I Cannot Believe It's True" is a song by Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. It was 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".

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]

Credits

Live version

Notes and References

  1. Reviews. Cash Box. April 30, 1983. 2022-07-18. 8.
  2. Web site: Phil Collins Setlist at Perkins Palace, Pasadena.