| I Believe in Music | ||||
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| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | December 1970 - March 1971, The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Country, pop | |||
| Length | 32:45 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Mac Davis | |||
| Mac Davis chronology | ||||
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I Believe in Music is the second album released by singer-songwriter and actor Mac Davis. It was released in 1972, although the title song had already charted in 1970.[1]The title track went on to become a standard and was covered by many artists in the 1970s, including a top 30 pop hit by Gallery in 1972.
Music reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine considered many of the songs to be more suitable for the album than on radio, and said:[2]
The next time around, Davis would give himself his big, splashy original tune 'Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me,' thereby finally hitting the big time, but here he’s still finding his voice as a recording artist. He’s almost there, but the results are most interesting in how his versions of his older songs point the way at what was to come'.
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The title song became Davis's signature song.[3] His hit 'Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me' was released after this album debuted, later in 1972.[1]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Mac Davis, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'I Believe In Music' | 3:36 |
| 2. | 'Hollywood Humpty Dumpty' | 3:29 |
| 3. | 'A Little Less Conversation' | 2:20 |
| 4. | 'In The Eyes Of My People' | 3:43 |
| 5. | 'Watching Scotty Grow' | 3:10 |
| 6. | 'Yesterday And You' | 2:43 |
| 7. | 'Christmas Carol' | 2:22 |
| 8. | 'Sarah Between The Lines' | 2:48 |
| 9. | 'Something's Burning' | 3:59 |
| 10. | 'Poem For My Little Lady' | 3:01 |
| 11. | 'I Believe In Music (reprise)' | 1:34 |
Charts[edit]
- Album
| Year | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Pop Albums | 160 |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | I Believe In Music | Pop Singles | 117 |
| 1971 | I Believe in Music | Easy Listening | 25 |
References[edit]
- ^ abStambler, Irwin and Landon, Grelun. (2000). 'Davis, Mac'.Country Music: The Encyclopedia. Macmillan. p. 123. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. 'AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine'.AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^Kawashima, Dale. 'Special interview with Mac Davis, legendary songwriter & artist who’s written many hits, from Elvis Presley and Kenny Rogers, to Bruno Mars'. September 13, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
| 'I Believe in Music' | ||||
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| Single by Mac Davis | ||||
| from the album I Believe in Music | ||||
| B-side | 'Hollywood Humpty Dumpty' | |||
| Released | October 1970[1][2] August 31, 1971[3] (re-release) | |||
| Recorded | 1970 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:13 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mac Davis | |||
| Producer(s) | The Tokens, Dave Appell | |||
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| 'I Believe in Music' | ||||
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| Single by Gallery | ||||
| from the album Nice To Be With You | ||||
| B-side | 'Someone' | |||
| Released | August 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 2:26 | |||
| Label | Sussex Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mac Davis | |||
| Gallery singles chronology | ||||
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'I Believe in Music' is a 1970 song written and recorded by Mac Davis and later included on his second album I Believe in Music.[4]Gallery covered it in 1972 as the second of three singles on their Nice to Be with You album[5] as the follow-up release to their title track.
Gallery's version of the song reached #22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #13 on the US Cash Box Top 100. It also reached #5 in Canada.[6]
Mac Davis's original version had been released as a single nearly two years earlier and made a minor dent in the pop charts (US #117). His version also reached #25 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[7] It later became his signature song and an iconic anthem of the early '70s.[8]
Inspiration[edit]
In a 2017 interview, Davis said the song was inspired while he was in England at the home of Lulu and Maurice Gibb, who were married at that time:[8]
I went to the kitchen and fixed myself a drink at the party, and there were a bunch of hippie types and they were gonna have a séance. They asked me if I would like to join them. And I said, 'No man, I don’t think so.' (laughs). It wasn’t my thing. Then someone asked, 'Don’t you believe in the occult?' I said, 'No man, I believe in music.' And the second I said it, I just went … 'I believe in music'. I looked around … it was like a God-shot. I saw one of Maurice Gibb’s guitars sitting on a stand, and I picked it up and started strumming it. I had the hook before I left there … (he sings) 'I believe in music, I believe in love'. Years later, 'I Believe In Music' became my signature song. I closed every show with it.
Davis said he kept and framed the piece of paper from the hotel room where he completed the song. According to Davis, the line 'Lift your voices to the sky, God loves you when you sing' was inspired by a piece of folk art he had seen that said, 'God respects you when you work, but He loves you when you sing'.[9]
Chart performance[edit]
Weekly charts[edit] | Year-end charts[edit] |
- Mac Davis original
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| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US BillboardBubbling Under the Hot 100[10] | 117 |
| US BillboardEasy Listening[11] | 25 |
- Marian Love cover
| Chart (1971) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US BillboardBubbling Under the Hot 100[12] | 111 |
| US BillboardEasy Listening[13] | 27 |
- Gallery cover
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Other cover versions[edit]
Helen Reddy's version was the first commercial recording of the song, and it was featured as the B-side of her first American hit, 'I Don't Know How to Love Him,' which became a hit in February of 1971.[19] 'I Believe in Music' has also been covered by Marian Love (#111, 1971; AC #27), Donny Hathaway, B.J. Thomas, Liza Minnelli, Perry Como, Louis Jordan, Lee Towers, Wayne Newton, Kenny Rogers and The Statler Brothers.
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References[edit]
Mac Davis I Believe In Music
- ^Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 66.
- ^Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
- ^http://www.45cat.com/record/445456us
- ^Stambler, Irwin and Landon, Grelun. (2000). 'Davis, Mac'.Country Music: The Encyclopedia. Macmillan. p. 123. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^https://www.discogs.com/Gallery-Nice-To-Be-With-You/release/2090034
- ^http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4235&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4235.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4235
- ^http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1970-10-31
- ^ abKawashima, Dale. 'Special interview with Mac Davis, legendary songwriter & artist who’s written many hits, from Elvis Presley and Kenny Rogers, to Bruno Mars'. September 13, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ ab'I Believe in Music' by Mac Davis'. Songfacts.com. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
- ^Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 66.
- ^Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
- ^Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 144.
- ^http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4235&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4235.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4235
- ^http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1972-10-21
- ^'CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, November 11, 1972'. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
- ^'Billboard Year-End Charts 1972'(PDF).
- ^Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN0-89820-142-X.
- ^Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN0-89820-089-X
External links[edit]
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- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
- Listen to 'I Believe In Music' on YouTube (Mac Davis)
- Listen to 'I Believe In Music' on YouTube (Gallery)