I Can't Believe What You Say (for Seeing What You Do)

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"I Can't Believe What You Say"
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Single by Ike & Tina Turner
B-side "My Baby Now"
ReleasedSeptember 1964
Recorded1964
Length2:00
Label Kent Records
Songwriter(s) Ike Turner
Producer(s) Ike Turner
Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology
"Strange"
(1964)
"I Can't Believe What You Say"
(1964)
"Please, Please, Please"
(1964)

"I Can't Believe What You Say (For Seeing What You Do)" is a song written by Ike Turner. It was originally released by Ike & Tina Turner on Kent Records in 1964.

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Release

"I Can't Believe What You Say (For Seeing What You Do)" was written and produced by Ike Turner. It was released as a non-album track on Kent Records in September 1964. The single reached No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 33 on the Record World R&B chart. [1] It was the best-selling R&B record for Kent in 1965. [2] Tina Turner performed the song on Shindig! in August 1965. [3] A different version of the song appeared on Ike & Tina Turner's album Get It – Get It , which was remixed and reissued as Her Man…His Woman in 1971. Ike Turner released another version on the album The Edge in 1980.

Critical reception

The single was selected for Cash Box magazine's Pick of the Week. [4]

Cash Box (October 10, 1964): "This Kent outing for Ike & Tina Turner is already stirring up a heap of attention. Tagged I Can’t Believe What You Say, it’s a high-speed handclapping twister that sports a host of ultra-commercial vocal and instrumental sounds. Watch it. Backing's a soul-filled shuflle-rock blueser that Tina wails with loads of feeling." [4]

Cover versions

Chart performance

Chart (1964)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [1] 95
US Cash Box Looking Ahead [5] 134
US Record World Top 40 R&B [6] 33

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References

  1. 1 2 "Billboard Hot 100" (PDF). Billboard. October 17, 1964. p. 22.
  2. "Best-Selling R&B Records for 1965" (PDF). Record World: 64. March 12, 1966.
  3. ""Shindig!" Episode #1.49 (TV Episode 1965)". IMDb.
  4. 1 2 "Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box: 12. October 10, 1964.
  5. "Looking Ahead" (PDF). Cash Box: 8. October 24, 1964.
  6. "Top 40 R&B" (PDF). Record World: 21. October 24, 1964.