<P> `` I 'm a Believer '' is a song composed by Neil Diamond and recorded by 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 No. 1 hit of 1966 and the biggest - selling record for all of 1967 . Billboard ranked the record as the No. 5 song for 1967 . Because of 1,051,280 advance orders , it went gold within two days of release . It is one of the fewer than forty all - time singles to have sold 10 million ( or more ) physical copies worldwide . </P>
<P> `` I 'm a Believer '' is a song composed by Neil Diamond and recorded by 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 No. 1 hit of 1966 and the biggest - selling record for all of 1967 . Billboard ranked the record as the No. 5 song for 1967 . Because of 1,051,280 advance orders , it went gold within two days of release . It is one of the fewer than forty all - time singles to have sold 10 million ( or more ) physical copies worldwide . </P>
who wrote the song i 'm a believer by the monkees
who wrote the song i 'm a believer by the monkees
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond