You Gotta Believe

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You Gotta Believe
You Gotta Believe.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1992
Recorded1992
Genre
Length54:10
Label
Producer
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch chronology
Music for the People
(1991)
You Gotta Believe
(1992)
Singles from You Gotta Believe
  1. "You Gotta Believe"
    Released: 1992
  2. "Gonna Have a Good Time"
    Released: 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly D+ [3]
NME 5/10 [4]

You Gotta Believe is the second and final studio album by American hip hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, released on September 15, 1992. The album peaked at number 67 on the US Billboard 200.

Contents

Two singles were released from the album: "You Gotta Believe" and "Gonna Have a Good Time". "You Gotta Believe" peaked at number 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 54 in the UK Singles Chart, [5] number 55 in Australia and number 34 in New Zealand. [6]

Marky Mark would go on to make two albums with reggae artist Prince Ital Joe without the Funky Bunch [7] before later becoming an actor, using his real name Mark Wahlberg.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Crisis"
1:02
2."You Gotta Believe"
  • D. Wahlberg
  • James Marshall
  • Tod Maxwell
4:32
3."Gonna Have a Good Time"
  • D. Wahlberg
  • Spice
5:01
4."Loungin'" (featuring Donnie D)
  • D. Wahlberg
  • Marshall
  • Maxwell
4:26
5."Don't Ya Sleep"
  • D. Wahlberg
  • Mark Wahlberg
  • Joseph Verde
  • Terrance Blocker
  • Corey Doyle
2:53
6."I Want You" (introducing Trez)
  • D. Wahlberg
  • Spice
6:09
7."The American Dream" (featuring Donnie D)
  • D. Wahlberg
  • M. Wahlberg
  • Spice
  • Larry Thomas
  • John "Cigarette" Johnson
5:22
8."The "M""
  • D. Wahlberg
  • Taylor
2:03
9."Get Up (The Funky Bunch Theme)"
  • D. Wahlberg
  • Taylor
3:25
10."Super Cool Mack Daddy"
  • D. Wahlberg
  • M. Wahlberg
  • Taylor
  • Marshall
  • Maxwell
4:43
11."I Run Rhymes" (featuring the Funkiest Band Known to Man)
  • M. Wahlberg
  • Thomas
  • Johnson
5:16
12."Ain't No Stoppin' the Funky Bunch" (featuring the Funky Bunch)
  • Verde
  • Blocker
  • Doyle
4:03
13."The Last Song on Side B Part II: Go On" (featuring Daddy Screechie)
4:41
14."The Solution"D. Wahlberg1:03

Charts

Chart performance for You Gotta Believe
Chart (1992)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [8] 67
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [9] 66

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