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<ol><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">This quasi-religious ballad was written by Erwin Drake (who also wrote the standards "Good Morning Heartache" for Billie Holiday and "It Was A Very Good Year" for Frank Sinatra), Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl and Al Stilman.</span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><br></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">This spent a total of 18 weeks at #1 in the UK, a record for most non-consecutive weeks. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">It was the biggest-selling single of 1953 in the UK.</span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><br></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">"I Believe" held the record as the longest running chart topper in UK history for 73 years until Sam Fender and Olivia Dean's "</span><a href="https://www.songfacts.com/facts/sam-fender/rein-me-in" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); background-color: transparent;">Rein Me In</a><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">" notched its 19th week at #1 in July 2026.</span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><br></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">Frankie Laine once said of this: "It accomplished an awful lot in its day because it said all the things that need to be said in a prayer and yet it didn't use any of the holy words - Lord, God, Him, His, Thine, Thou. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">It said it all and it changed the whole spectrum of faith songs." (From </span><em style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844492834/songfacts02-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1000 UK #1 Hits</a></em><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);"> by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh)</span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">Later this was a #2 UK hit for the Irish trio the Bachelors in 1964 and #1 UK hit for Robson &amp; Jerome in 1995.</span></li><li data-list="bullet" class="ql-align-center"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><br></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">Frankie Laine holds the record for most weeks at #1 for an artist in a single year: 27 weeks. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">This song stayed for 18 weeks, "Hey Joe!" 2 weeks and "Answer Me" 7 weeks. </span><a href="https://www.songfacts.com/facts/frankie-laine/i-believe#" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); background-color: transparent;">&gt;&gt;&gt;</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><br></li></ol>