"I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)"
Single by Tears for Fears
from the album Songs from the Big Chair
B-side"Sea Song"
Released4 October 1985[1]
Recorded1985
GenreJazz
Length4:35
Label
Songwriter(s)Roland Orzabal
Producer(s)Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) [third release]"
(1985)		 "I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)"
(1985)		 "Everybody Wants to Run the World"
(1986)
Music video
"I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)" on YouTube

"I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)" is a single by the British band Tears for Fears. It was the band's eleventh single release, and as a live re-recording of a song from their second LP Songs from the Big Chair, it effectively served as that album's fifth single. It was Tears for Fears' ninth UK Top 40 hit (peaking at #23).[2] The song also reached the Top 10 in Ireland[3] and peaked at #28 in New Zealand.[4]

The song was written by Roland Orzabal. The album version of "I Believe" is dedicated to Robert Wyatt in the liner notes.[5]

Track listings

7": Mercury / IDEA11 (UK)

  1. "I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)" (4:35)
  2. "Sea Song" (3:52)

2x7": Mercury / IDEA1111 (UK)

  1. "I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)" (4:35)
  2. "Sea Song" (3:52)
  1. "I Believe (Album Version)" (4:37)
  2. "Shout (Dub Version)" (6:45)

10": Mercury / IDEA1110 (UK)

  1. "I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)" (4:35)
  2. "I Believe (Album Version)" (4:37)
  3. "Sea Song" (3:52)

12": Mercury / IDEA1112 (UK)

  1. "I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)" (4:35)
  2. "Shout (Dub Version)" (6:45)
  3. "Sea Song" (3:52)
  4. "Shout (U.S. Remix)" (8:00)

Credits and personnel

Tears for Fears

Additional personnel

  • Will Gregory – saxophone (both studio & live recordings)
  • Andy Sanders – acoustic guitar (live)
  • Nicky Holland – piano (live)

"Sea Song"

Notes

  1. ↑ On the studio version[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Truthful Tears". Record Mirror. 28 September 1985. p. 2.
  2. ↑ "i+believe+(a+soulful+re-recording) - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "charts.org.nz - Tears For Fears - I Believe". charts.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. ↑ Tears for Fears Songs from the Big Chair 1985
  6. ↑ Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair Liner Notes.
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