\"I'm a Believer\" is a song composed by Neil Diamond and recorded by the Monkees in 1966 with the lead vocals by Micky Dolenz. The single, produced by Jeff Barry, hit the number-one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending December 31, 1966 and remained there for seven weeks, becoming the last No. 1 hit of 1966 and the biggest-selling record for all of 1967. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 5 song for 1967. The song was No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in January and February 1967. Because of 1,051,280 advance orders, it went gold within two days of release. It is one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold more than 10 million physical copies worldwide.
Chart (1967-68) Peak position
Australia 1
Austria 1
Belgium 1
Canada 1
Germany 1
Ireland 1
Netherlands 1
New Zealand 1
Norway 1
South Africa 1
UK (OCC) 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14] 1
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I'm A Believer
G D G
I thought love was only true in fairy tales
G D G
Meant for someone else but not for me.
C G C G
Love was out to get me That's the way it seemed.
C G D N.C.
Disappointment haunted all my dreams.
F C G C F C G
Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
C F C G C F C G
Not a trace of doubt in my mind.
C G C
I'm in love, ooh
G F D
I'm a believer! I couldn't leave her if I tried.
G D G
I thought love was more or less a given thing,
G D G
Seems the more I gave the less I got.
C G
What's the use in tryin'?
C G
All you get is pain.
C G D N.C.
When I needed sunshine I got rain.
F C G C F C G
Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer....
SOLO
C G
Love was out to get me
C G
That's the way it seemed.
C G D N.C.
Disappointment haunted all my dreams.
F C G C F C G
Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer....
F C G C F C G
Yes. I saw her face, now I'm a believer
C F C G C F C G
Not a trace of doubt in my mind.
C F C G C F C G
Said I'm a believer I'm a believer
C F C G
Said I'm a believer (I'm a believer)
C F C G
Said I'm a believer (I'm a believer)
