I Believe in You (Don Williams song)

"I Believe in You"
Single by Don Williams
from the album I Believe in You
B-side "It Only Rains on Me"
Released August 1980
Genre Country
Label MCA
Writer(s) Roger Cook
Sam Hogin
Producer(s) Don Williams
Garth Fundis
Don Williams singles chronology
"Good Ole Boys Like Me"
(1980)
"I Believe in You"
(1980)
"Falling Again"
(1981)

"I Believe in You" is a song written by Roger Cook and Sam Hogin, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in August 1980 as the first single and title track from the album I Believe in You. The song became Don Williams' eleventh number 1 on the country chart. The single stayed at number 1 for two weeks and spent 12 weeks on the country chart.[1] "I Believe in You" would be Don Williams' only Top 40 entry, where it peaked at number 24. It was also hit in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1980) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
New Zealand Singles Chart 4
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 7
Australian Kent Music Report 20
Belgian VRT Top 30 21
Dutch Singles Chart 23
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 24

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 386.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 680.

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Preceded by
"Loving Up a Storm"
by Razzy Bailey
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

October 18-October 25, 1980
Succeeded by
"Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)"
by Waylon Jennings
Preceded by
"Guess I Went Crazy"
by Canadian Zephyr
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

October 25-November 8, 1980
Succeeded by
"Could I Have This Dance"
by Anne Murray