I Cannot Believe It's True

"I Cannot Believe It's True" is a song by Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. It was the third US single released from the album and was only released in the US and Canada; internationally it had instead been released as the B-side of "You Can't Hurry Love".

"I Cannot Believe It's True"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album Hello, I Must Be Going!
B-side	"Thru These Walls"
Released	April 1983 (US)
Recorded	1982
Genre	Pop rock
Length	5:14
Label	Atlantic Records (International)
Songwriter	Phil Collins
Producers	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham
Phil Collins singles chronology
"Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" (1983) "I Cannot Believe It's True" (1983) "Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning" (1983)
Audio
"Phil Collins - I Cannot Believe It's True (2016 Remaster)" on YouTube

Cash Box noted the "cowbell-like" percussion and "Collins' profound pop tunesmithing."^[1]

The song found moderate success on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #79.

Track listing

U.S. 7" single (Atlantic)

1. "I Cannot Believe It's True"
2. "Thru These Walls"

U.S. 12" promo single (Atlantic)

1. "I Cannot Believe It's True"
2. "I Cannot Believe It's True" (live on 19 December 1982 in Pasadena, California at Perkins Palace)^[2]

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	79

Credits

• Phil Collins – keyboards, drums, vocals, percussion
• Daryl Stuermer – guitars
• John Giblin – bass
• Don Myrick – alto sax solo
• Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis and Michael Harris – Phenix Horns
• Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis, Phil Collins and Peter Newton – Phenix Choir

Live version

• Phil Collins – vocals, Rhodes piano
• J. Peter Robinson – keyboards, vocoder
• Daryl Stuermer – guitar
• Mo Foster – bass
• Chester Thompson – drums
• Don Myrick – alto sax solo
• Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis and Michael Harris – Phenix Horns