This song originated with the out takes on Long Odds and Outtakes and subsequent compilations. It can be heard as a simple love song and one of the experiments that didn't make it on the Short Back 'n' Sides release. The hook is in the chorus of "I believe" and seems like it could have been developed but never was in terms of a regular release.
I Believe In You
(Ian Hunter)
I can't believe it when you bark
Just like some dog left in the dark
I can't believe it when you look
Talk just like some history book
I just believe in you
Now I can't believe it when you smile
Everything becomes worthwhile
Can't believe it (?)
(?) on my (?)
I just believe in you
Yeah I just believe in you
(alright!)
I believe it was the spring or the summer
'n the autumn 'n the winter time too
The only thing that I believe in
I believe I believe I believe I believe
I believe I believe I believe I believe in you
Now I don't believe it when you look
Talk like someone on the (?)
I don't believe it when you squeeze(?)
Feeling still is(?) all the night
I just believe in you
(oh again)
I just believe in you
(go to the middle again)
I don't believe in the fall or the winter
In the spring or the summer time too, yeah
The only thing oh the other thing
I believe I believe I believe I believe in you
I believe in you...
I just believe in you...
Ian Hunter LP/CD: "Short Back 'n' Sides"
Sleeve and track listing
Chrysalis CDCHR 6074.
Review
At the end of 1980 Ian returned to the studio to record the follow-up to Schizophrenic and Welcome To The Club. Mick had effectively stopped playing live earlier in the year, and Ian himself was unsure which (musical) direction to take. He got Mick Jones as producer, and on paper the fusion of Mott The Hoople with The Clash should have produced a phenomenal album.
I'll make no bones about it - I hate this album. The material is mixed, and the production (and all the sound effects Mick Jones added) IMO ruined the good songs on it. At the time Ian liked the album, with Mick using different production techniques in the studio. But today he hardly ever plays material from it, a sure sign that it ain't up there with the best.
The 2-CD set offers excellent packaging and excellent sound quality. The original album is on one CD, and a second CD ("Long Odds and Out-takes") containing alternate mixes and unreleased material from the Chrysalis era.
I Believe In You | 4:16 | Originally released on the outtakes CD Long Odds and Outtakes. It is also on the compilation From The Knees Of My Heart and on Tilting The Mirror - Rarities (box set only). |