Reason to Believe

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“Reason to Believe”
Cover of Rod Stewart's "Reason to Believe" A-side, "Maggie May."
Single by Rod Stewart from the album Every Picture Tells a Story
A-side	"Maggie May"
B-side	"Reason to Believe"
Released	1971
Format	7" single
Recorded	1971
Genre	Pop
Length	4:10
Writer(s)	Tim Hardin

"Reason to Believe" is a song written and first recorded by American folk singer Tim Hardin in 1965, which has since been recorded by a number of other artists including Rod Stewart (released as a B-side song on the popular single, "Maggie May"), Ron Sexsmith, Bobby Darin, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Carpenters, The Youngbloods, Mason Williams, Juice Newton, Glen Campbell, Billy Bragg, Wilson Phillips, Vonda Shepard, Denny Laine, The Jayhawks, Rick Nelson, Aled Jones, Weddings Parties Anything, Scott McKenzie and Play School presenter Rick Jones.

[edit] Rod Stewart version

Rod Stewart's version is perhaps the best known, as it was released in 1971 on the Every Picture Tells a Story album, and then again in 1993, when it received airplay as part of his MTV Unplugged album and re-charted, reaching number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.

[edit] Peter, Paul and Mary version

Can be found on their Late Again album, released in 1968.

[edit] Rick Nelson version

Can be found on the album Another Side of Rick, released in 1967.

[edit] Tim Hardin version

Tim Hardin's original recording of the song was featured and can be found on the soundtrack to the 2000 film Wonder Boys.

[edit] The Carpenters version

The Carpenters recorded "Reason to Believe" for their second LP, Close to You. On television, they performed it on the Fifth Dimension's Travelling Sunshine Show on August 18, 1971^[1] and Make Your Own Kind of Music on September 7, 1971.^[2] Richard Carpenter remixed the song for the release of the 1995 compilation, Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration. Footage of both performances on DVD can be found on the Fifth Dimension's Travelling Sunshine Show and the Interpretations DVD.

[edit] Bobby Darin version

Bobby Darin released a version on his If I Were a Carpenter LP on Atlantic Records in 1966, along with other Hardin songs ("Misty Roses" and "If I Were a Carpenter").

[edit] Scott McKenzie version

Can be found on the San Francisco album, released in 1967.

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