I Just Can't Help Believing Explained

I Just Can't Help Believing
Cover:	I_Just_Can't_Help_Believing_-_B.J._Thomas.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	B. J. Thomas
Album:	Everybody's Out of Town
B-Side:	Send My Picture to Scranton, PA.
Released:	June 1970
Genre:	Easy listening
Length:	2:57
Label:	Scepter Records
Producer:	Chips Moman
Prev Title:	Everybody's Out of Town
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	Most of All
Next Year:	1970

"I Just Can't Help Believing" is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.

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
Cover:	I_Just_Can't_Help_Believing_-_Elvis_Presley.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Elvis Presley
Album:	That's the Way It Is
B-Side:	How the Web Was Woven
Released:	(That's the Way It Is album) (UK single)
Recorded:	August 11, 1970
Venue:	International Hotel, in Las Vegas
Genre:	CountryBlue-eyed soul
Label:	RCA
Prev Title:	It's Only Love
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Until It's Time for You to Go
Next Year:	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

Weekly charts

B. J. Thomas

Chart (1970)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles	18
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	9
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	1
US Cash Box Top 100^[4]	11

Elvis Presley version

Chart (1971–72)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[5]	8
Belgium	10

Netherlands	4
South Africa (Springbok)^[6]	6
Sweden	3
UK^[7]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1970)	Rank
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	75
US Cash Box^[9]	76

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 & 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.^[10]
Barry Mann recorded the song again in 2000 for his solo album Soul & Inspiration.

Notes and References

Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 242.
Web site: R&R :: Going For Adds :: Country. Radio & Records. May 28, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105914/http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/PublishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=06%2F03%2F2013&Format=4. December 24, 2013. dead.
Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 –
Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 22, 1970. Tropicalglen.com. June 4, 2023.
Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian)
. David Kent (historian) . . Australian Chart Book . St Ives, N.S.W. . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6.
Web site: SA Charts 1965 – March 1989. Rock.co.za. November 18, 2018.
Web site: I Just Can't Help Believing. Officialcharts.com . December 4, 1971 . November 16, 2018.
Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1970/Top 100 Songs of 1970. Musicoutfitters.com. June 4, 2023.
Web site: Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1970 . November 17, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190722145703/https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1970YESP.html . July 22, 2019 . dead .
Web site: BOYS TOWN GANG full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com. 2020-05-16.