I Cannot Believe It's True
"I Cannot Believe It's True" | ||||
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Single by Phil Collins | ||||
from the album Hello, I Must Be Going! | ||||
B-side | "Thru These Walls" | |||
Released | April 1983 (US) | |||
Recorded | 1982 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 5:14 | |||
Label | Atlantic Records (International) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Phil Collins | |||
Producer(s) | Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham | |||
Phil Collins singles chronology | ||||
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Audio | ||||
"Phil Collins - I Cannot Believe It's True (2016 Remaster)" on YouTube |
"I Cannot Believe It's True" is a song by Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. It was the third US single released from the album and was only released in the US and Canada; internationally it had instead been released as the B-side of "You Can't Hurry Love".
Cash Box noted the "cowbell-like" percussion and "Collins' profound pop tunesmithing."[1]
The song found moderate success on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #79.
Track listing
U.S. 7" single (Atlantic)
- "I Cannot Believe It's True"
- "Thru These Walls"
U.S. 12" promo single (Atlantic)
- "I Cannot Believe It's True"
- "I Cannot Believe It's True" (live on 19 December 1982 in Pasadena, California at Perkins Palace)[2]
Charts
Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 79 |
Credits
- Phil Collins – keyboards, drums, vocals, percussion
- Daryl Stuermer – guitars
- John Giblin – bass
- Don Myrick – alto sax solo
- Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis and Michael Harris – Phenix Horns
- Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis, Phil Collins and Peter Newton – Phenix Choir
Live version
- Phil Collins – vocals, Rhodes piano
- J. Peter Robinson – keyboards, vocoder
- Daryl Stuermer – guitar
- Mo Foster – bass
- Chester Thompson – drums
- Don Myrick – alto sax solo
- Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis and Michael Harris – Phenix Horns
References
- ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 30 April 1983. p. 8. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Phil Collins Setlist at Perkins Palace, Pasadena".