''You've Got to Believe in Something'' is the third studio
album
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by American
rock
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band
Spin Doctors
Spin Doctors are an American alternative rock band from New York City, best known for their early 1990s hits "Two Princes" and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart at No. 7 and N ...
, released in 1996. It is their first album without founding guitarist Eric Schenkman who had left the band during the tour to support their previous studio effort. Schenkman was replaced by Anthony Krizan who co-wrote the album with the rest of the group. "She Used to Be Mine" was released as the first single. An excerpt from the song "If Wishes Were Horses" was used as the theme song for the sitcom ''
Spin City'' in seasons 2 and 3.
Track listing
Note
*Immediately following the bonus track, a brief passage from "I Can't Believe You're Still With Her" is played over and over on a
kazoo as
Tommy Chong objects.
Personnel
;Spin Doctors
*
Chris Barron
Chris Barron (born Christopher Gross; born February 5, 1968) is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of Spin Doctors.
Biography
Christopher Gross was born February 5, 1968, in Honolulu, where his father was statio ...
– lead vocals, harmonica
*Anthony Krizan – guitar, backing vocals
*
Mark White – bass
*Aaron Comess – drums
;Additional musicians
*Kevin Bents – keyboards on "Where Angels Fear to Tread"
*
Biz Markie – backing vocals on "That's The Way (I Like It)"
*John Bush – congas on "She Used To Be Mine"
*
Tommy Chong – kazoo
*Babi Floyd – backing vocals on "You've Got To Believe In Something", "I Can't Believe You're Still With Her", "She Used To Be Mine" and "If Wishes Were Horses"
*
Diva Gray
Diva Gray is an American singer. She is best known as a background vocalist behind the band Chic, as well as in disco groups, including Change, and Lemon with Lani Groves, Gordon Grody, Luther Vandross, David Lasley and Kenny Lehman, and in Bette ...
– backing vocals on "You've Got To Believe In Something", "She Used To Be Mine" and "If Wishes Were Horses"
*
Robin Clark
Robin Clark is an American vocalist known for her work as a vocalist on David Bowie's 1975 album ''Young Americans'' and Simple Minds' 1985 album ''Once Upon a Time''.
Clark was born in New York. In 1966, when Clark was 16, she and future s ...
– backing vocals on "You've Got To Believe In Something"
*Frank Floyd – backing vocals on "You've Got To Believe In Something"
*
Frankie La Rocka – shaker on "Where Angels Fear To Tread"
*Arnie Lawrence – saxophone on "Sister Sisyphus"
*
Bernie Worrell – keyboards on "You've Got To Believe In Something", "She Used To Be Mine" and "If Wishes Were Horses"
;Production
*Producers: Peter Denenberg, Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar
*Engineer: Peter Denenberg
*Assistant engineers: Derrick Garrett, Thom Leinbach, Robert L. Smith, Jr.
*Mastering:
Ted Jensen
Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings, including the Eagles' ''Hotel California'', Green Day's '' American Idiot'' and Norah Jones' ''Come Away with Me''.
Biography
Ted ...
*Photography: Paul LaRaia
References
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Spin Doctors albums
1996 albums
Albums produced by Danny Kortchmar
Epic Records albums