"Can't Believe" is a duet by American recording artists

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and Carl Thomas. It was written and produced by

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and

Mario Winans Mario Mendell Winans ( Brown; born August 29, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for his 2004 song "I Don't Wanna Know", which reached number 2 in the United States and number 1 in the United Kingdom. Winan ...

for Evans' third studio album '' Faithfully'' (2001) and is built around a sample of "Phone Tap" as performed by

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and penned by

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, Anthony Cruz, Chris Taylor, Jermaine Baxter, and

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. The track appeared on Combs' Bad Boy compilation '' The Saga Continues...'' (2001) and was later released as the first single from Evans' album. Upon release, it reached number 54 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 14 on the US ''Billboard''

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chart. An accompanying

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was filmed by director Chris Robinson in 2001.

Format and track listing

*;CD single # "Can't Believe (Radio Mix) – 4:09 # "Can't Believe (Radio Mix featuring

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) – 4:09 # "Can't Believe (Instrumental) – 4:25 # "Can't Believe" (Call Out Research Hook) – 0:10

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Keep the Faith''. * Executive producer – Sean "Puffy" Combs * Associate executive producer – Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre * Instruments – Mario "Yellow Man" Winans * Mixing – Rob Paustian * Producer – Mario "Yellow Man" Winans, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs * Recording – Rob Paustian

Charts

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References

{{authority control 2001 singles Faith Evans songs 2000 songs Songs written by Sean Combs Songs written by Nas Songs written by Mario Winans Songs written by Dr. Dre Bad Boy Records singles Male–female vocal duets