"I Cannot Believe It's True" is a song by

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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

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of " You Can't Hurry Love". ''

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'' noted the "cowbell-like" percussion and "Collins' profound pop tunesmithing." 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

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at Perkins Palace)

Charts

Credits

– keyboards, drums, vocals, percussion * Daryl Stuermer – guitars * John Giblin – bass *

Don Myrick Donald Myrick (April 6, 1940 – July 30, 1993) was an American saxophonist. A member of The Phenix Horns, he is best known for his work with Earth, Wind & Fire and Phil Collins. He played alto, tenor, and soprano sax as a member of Earth, Wind ...

– 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,

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* J. Peter Robinson – keyboards, vocoder * Daryl Stuermer – guitar * Mo Foster – bass *

Chester Thompson Chester Cortez Thompson (born December 11, 1948) is an American drummer best known for his tenures with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Weather Report, Santana, the progressive rock band Genesis and Phil Collins as a solo artist. Thomp ...

– drums * Don Myrick – alto sax solo * Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis and Michael Harris – Phenix Horns

References

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