"I Just Can't Help Believing" is a song written by

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and

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. The song was most successful after it was recorded by B. J. Thomas and released as a single in 1970. It went to No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart and spent one week at No. 1 on the

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(adult contemporary) chart. Thomas re-recorded "I Just Can't Help Believing" with

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for his 2013 album '' The Living Room Sessions''. This was released as a single on June 3, 2013.

Elvis Presley cover

"I Just Can't Help Believing" was recorded by

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in 1970 as a track on his album '' That's the Way It Is''. A live version was released as a single in the UK in November 1971, peaking at No. 6. Presley's version also reached No. 6 in South Africa, and No. 12 in Ireland.

Chart history

Weekly charts

;B. J. Thomas ;Elvis Presley version

Year-end charts

Other cover versions

* The first release was as a single by Barry Mann on

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, which was reviewed in ''Billboard'' magazine on June 22, 1968. *

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covered it on his 1969 LP

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. * Bobby Doyle released it as a single in 1969 on the

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label. *

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released a version on his 1969 album '' The Touch of Leonard Nimoy''. *

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's version reached No. 36 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Country Singles chart in 1970. *

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singer-actress

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released it on her 1971 studio album '' The Song of My Life''. * The disco cover band

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released a version in the UK in July 1983, which reached No. 82. *

recorded the song again in 2000 for his solo album ''Soul & Inspiration''.

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