Why Believe in You

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"Why Believe In You"
Why Believe in You.jpg
Single by Texas
from the album Mothers Heaven
B-side
  • "How It Feels"
  • "Hold Me Lord"
Released26 August 1991 (1991-08-26)
Length4:08
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Tim Palmer
Texas singles chronology
"Prayer for You"
(1989)
"Why Believe In You"
(1991)
"In My Heart"
(1991)

"Why Believe In You" is a song by Scottish band Texas, released as the lead single from their second studio album, Mothers Heaven (1991). It reach number 66 on the UK Singles Chart, number 33 in the Netherlands, and number 73 in Australia.

Contents

Track listings

UK 7-inch and cassette single, Australasian CD single [1] [2] [3]

  1. "Why Believe in You"
  2. "How It Feels"

UK 12-inch and CD single [4] [5]

  1. "Why Believe in You"
  2. "How It Feels"
  3. "Hold Me Lord"

Japanese mini-CD single [7]

  1. "Why Believe in You"
  2. "Hold Me Lord"

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Why Believe in You"
Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [8] 73
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [9] 33
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [10] 44
UK Singles (OCC) [11] 66

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Why Believe in You"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom26 August 1991
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
Mercury [12]
Australia7 October 1991
  • CD
  • cassette
[13]
Japan25 October 1991Mini-CD [14]

References

  1. Why Believe in You (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Mercury Records. 1991. TEX 5.
  2. Why Believe in You (UK cassette single sleeve). Mercury Records. 1991. TEXMC 5.
  3. Why Believe in You (Australasian CD single liner notes). Mercury Records. 1991. 868 212-2.
  4. Why Believe in You (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Mercury Records. 1991. TEX 512.
  5. Why Believe in You (UK CD single liner notes). Mercury Records. 1991. TEXCD 5.
  6. Why Believe in You (UK limited CD box set liner notes). Mercury Records. 1991. TXCDB 5.
  7. Why Believe in You (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). Mercury Records. 1991. PHDR-39.
  8. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 277.
  9. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 42, 1991" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  10. "Texas – Why Believe in You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  11. "Texas: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  12. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 24 August 1991. p. 19.
  13. "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 07/10/91: Singles". The ARIA Report . No. 89. 6 October 1991. p. 19.
  14. "TEXAS | ホワイ・ビリーブ・イン・ユー" [Texas | Why Believe in You] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 19 September 2025.