"I Believe" is a song by American vocal and instrumental ensemble Sounds of Blackness. It was produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and was written by the duo along with: Marvin R. Pierce, Ralph Middlebrooks, Eugene Marshall Jones, Clarence Satchell, Gregory Allen Webster and Walter Junie Morrison.[citation needed] The song was released in 1994 as the first single from the group's third album, Africa to America; The Journey of the Drum (1994). It was the group's sixth release to make the US Billboard soul chart, peaking at #15, and their only Billboard Hot 100 release, where it went to #99.[1] "I Believe" was also the group's second number on the US Billboard dance chart, where it spent one week at the top.[2] It samples Ohio Players 1971 recording, "Pain".[3]
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| Single by Sounds of Blackness | ||||
| from the album Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum | ||||
| Released | 1994 | |||
| Genre | hip hop soul | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Marvin R. Pierce, Ralph Middlebrooks, Eugene Marshall Jones, Clarence Satchell, Gregory Allen Webster and Walter Junie Morrison | |||
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edit- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 542.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 241.
- ^ "I Believe by Sounds of Blackness on WhoSampled". WhoSampled.
- ^ "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 26 March 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 19 March 1994. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "The RM Club Chart of the Year" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 24 December 1994. p. 10. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "The Year in Music: Hot Dance Music Club Play Singles". Billboard. 24 December 1994. p. YE-74. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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