I Believe (Sounds of Blackness song)

"I Believe" is a 1994 song by American vocal and instrumental ensemble Sounds of Blackness. It was produced by Jimmy Jam & 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 Billboard soul chart, peaking at #15, and their only Billboard Hot 100 release, where it went to #99.[1] "I Believe" was also the group's second number on the US Billboard dance chart, where it spent one week at the top.[2] It samples Ohio Players 1971 recording, "Pain".[3]

"I Believe"
Single by Sounds of Blackness
from the album Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum
Released1994
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Marvin R. Pierce, Ralph Middlebrooks, Eugene Marshall Jones, Clarence Satchell, Gregory Allen Webster and Walter Junie Morrison
Sounds of Blackness singles chronology
"The Pressure Part 1"
(1991)		 "I Believe"
(1994)		 "Gloryland"
(1994)

Charts

Weekly charts
Weekly chart performance for "I Believe" by Sounds of Blackness
Chart (1994) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) 17
UK Dance (Music Week)[4] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 99
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard) 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) 15

Year-end charts
1994 year-end chart performance for "I Believe" by Sounds of Blackness
Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Hot Dance Music Club/Play (Billboard)[5] 15

See also

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 542.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 241.
  3. "I Believe by Sounds of Blackness on WhoSampled". WhoSampled.
  4. "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 26 March 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  5. "The Year in Music: Hot Dance Music Club Play Singles". Billboard. December 24, 1994. p. YE-74. Retrieved April 3, 2022.


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