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I'm a Believer was the second single by the American band The Monkees. The single, a song written by Neil Diamond, was a number one hit in the Veronica Top 40 and the Parool Top 20. In the Radio 2 Top 2000 of the song reached the top position in 2004. In 2001, the song was covered in two versions for the film Shrek, namely by the band Smash Mouth and Eddie Murphy by voice actor.

Chart Positions[Edit][]

"I'm a Believer" in the Veronica Top 40 - within 31-12-1966
Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Position: 22 7 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 8 10 12 20 33 38 from
"I'm a Believer" in the Parool Top 20 - within 31-12-1966
Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Position: 15 8 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 7 8 11 19 from

Radio 2 Top 2000[Edit][]

Number (s) with markings

in the Radio 2 Top 2000

' 99 ' 00 ' 01 ' 02 ' 03 ' 04 ' 05 ' 06 ' 07 ' 08 ' 09 ' 10 ' 11 ' 12 ' 13
I'm a believer 918 1719 1313 1508 817 755 1256 947 1278 1010 1194 1143 1191 1200 1222
Predecessor:

Green green grass of home by Tom Jones

Dutch Top 40 number-one single

21 January 1967 — 10 February 1967 3 weeks

Successor:

The Land of Maas and Waal by Boudewijn de Groot

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