I Believe in You (Mel Tillis song)

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"I Believe in You"
Single by Mel Tillis
from the album I Believe in You
B-side "She Don't Trust You Daddy"
ReleasedApril 1978
Recorded1977
Genre Country
Length2:25
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Buddy Cannon
Gene Dunlap
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen
Mel Tillis singles chronology
"What Did I Promise Her Last Night"
(1977)
"I Believe in You"
(1978)
"Ain't No California"
(1978)

"I Believe in You" is a song written by Gene Dunlap and Buddy Cannon, and recorded by American country music artist Mel Tillis. It was released in April 1978 as the first single and title track from the album I Believe in You. The song was Tillis' fourth number one on the country chart. "I Believe in You" stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart. [1] It was also recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck on his 1979 album "This Moment In Time".

Chart performance

Chart (1978)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [3] 44
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 347.
  2. "Mel Tillis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Mel Tillis Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.