#Shrek songs im a believer full
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The song is listed at number 48 on Billboard 's All Time Top 100. The song was completed in 18 takes, and was recorded on 8-track tape, with two of the eight tracks featuring lead vocal performances by Micky Dolenz Other personnel on the record include Sal DiTroia on rhythm guitar, Neil Diamond on acoustic guitar, Russ Savakus on bass, George Butcher on electric piano, Stan Free on organ, George Devens on tambourine, and Buddy Saltzman on drums. Session guitarist Al Gorgoni (who played on ' The Sound of Silence' and later on ' Brown Eyed Girl') had worked on Diamond's ' Cherry, Cherry' and also contributed to 'I'm a Believer'. Diamond also performed it in a duet with Linda Ronstadt as part of a medley of his songs on an episode of The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour in 1970. History ĭiamond also suggested the song to the Fifth Estate, who recorded it as a 1967 album cut to follow up their hit ' Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead'.Ī recording by Diamond, featuring additional lyrics, appears on his 1979 album September Morn. The Monkees principals later played it for themselves in live appearances, on overseas tours, and at reunion concerts.

#Shrek songs im a believer series

The song appeared in four consecutive episodes of the television series The Monkees in December 1966.

#Shrek songs im a believer full

Cash Box said the single is a 'medium-paced rocker is full of the group's top notch harmonies and is laced with infectious sounds.' Record World said it was 'sensational.' īillboard described the song as 'an easy-go dance mover' that 'will hit with immediate impact'. The song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in January and February 1967 and reached the top spot in numerous countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Ireland. While originally published by Screen Gems-Columbia Music (BMI), it is now published by Stonebridge Music/EMI Foray Music ( SESAC), with administration passed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing Group. Billboard ranked the record as the number-five song for 1967. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending December 31, 1966, and remained there for seven weeks, becoming the last number-one hit of 1966 and the biggest-selling single for all of 1967.

The single, produced by Jeff Barry, hit the number-one spot on the U.S. ' I'm a Believer' is a song written by Neil Diamond and recorded by American band the Monkees in 1966 with the lead vocals by Micky Dolenz. Problems playing this file? See media help.