"I Believe" is a 1994 song by American vocal and instrumental ensemble
Sounds of Blackness
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. It was produced by
Jimmy Jam
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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. The song was released as the first single from the group's third album, ''
Africa to America; The Journey of the Drum''. It was the group's sixth release to make the US ''
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'' soul chart, peaking at #15, and their only ''Billboard''
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release, where it went to #99. "I Believe" was also the group's second number on the US ''Billboard'' dance chart, where it spent one week at the top. It samples
Ohio Players
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1971 recording, "Pain".
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
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List of number-one dance singles of 1994 (U.S.)
These are the '' Billboard'' Hot Dance/Disco Club Play and Maxi-Singles Sales number-one hits of 1994.
See also
*1994 in music
*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
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References
1994 songs
1994 singles
Gospel songs
Songs written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Song recordings produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Music Week number-one dance singles
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