I'm a Believer is a song written by Neil Diamond and recorded by The Monkees for the first time in 1966. Late same year, December 31st, it enteret the first place of the Billboard chart and stayed there for seven successive weeks. This great success made it the bestselling single record in 1967. After this, the song has performed and recorded a numerous times. Among them are by Neil Diamond himself and Robert Wyatt. Smash Mouth also recorded it in 2001 for the first "Shrek" movie. Duration: 2.45