<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 more than 10 million physical copies worldwide . While originally published by Screen Gems - Columbia Music ( BMI ) , it is now published by Stonebridge Music / EMI Foray Music ( SESAC ) . </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 more than 10 million physical copies worldwide . While originally published by Screen Gems - Columbia Music ( BMI ) , it is now published by Stonebridge Music / EMI Foray Music ( SESAC ) . </P>
who sang the original i 'm a believer
who sang the original i 'm a believer
the Monkees
the Monkees