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I'm a Believer is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of Neil Diamond. Those roots explain a lot about how I'm a Believer arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Smash Mouth, Robert Wyatt, EMF and Weezer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 5 connections around I'm a Believer, reaching back through Neil Diamond and forward to Smash Mouth. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"I'm a Believer" is a song written by Neil Diamond and recorded by the American pop rock band the Monkees in 1966 with the lead vocals by Micky Dolenz. The single, produced by Jeff Barry, hit the number-one spot on the U.S. 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. Billboard ranked the record as the number-five song for 1967.
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I'm a Believer grew out of Neil Diamond, went on to shape Smash Mouth, Robert Wyatt, EMF and Weezer. 5 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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