I Believe in Music (song)

"I Believe in Music"
Single by Mac Davis
from the album I Believe in Music
B-side "Hollywood Humpty Dumpty"
Released August 31, 1971 [1]
Format 7"
Recorded 1970
Genre Pop
Length 3:13
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Mac Davis
Producer(s) The Tokens, Dave Appell
Mac Davis singles chronology
"Beginning to Feel the Pain"
(1971)		 "I Believe in Music"
(1971)		 "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me"
(1972)
"I Believe in Music"
Single by Gallery
from the album Nice To Be With You
B-side "Someone"
Released August 1972
Format 7"
Recorded 1971
Genre Pop
Length 2:26
Label Sussex Records
Writer(s) Mac Davis
Gallery singles chronology
"Nice to Be With You"
(1972)		 "I Believe in Music"
(1972)		 "Big City Miss Ruth Ann"
(1972)

"I Believe in Music" is a 1972 song by Gallery, written and originally recorded by Mac Davis. It was their second of three singles from their Nice To Be With You album[2] and was the follow-up release to the title track.

"I Believe in Music" reached #22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #13 on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100. It also reached #5 in Canada.[3]

Mac Davis' original version had been released as a single a year earlier and made a minor dent in the pop charts (U.S. #117). His version also reached #25 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles [4] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 22
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[5] 12
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 13

Year-end charts

Chart (1972) Rank
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[6] 160

Cover versions

"I Believe in Music" has been covered by Helen Reddy, Marian Love (#111, 1971), B.J. Thomas, Liza Minnelli and Lee Towers.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/445456us
  2. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Gallery-Nice-To-Be-With-You/release/2090034
  3. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4235&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4235.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4235
  4. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4235&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4235.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4235
  5. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1972-10-21
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

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