Reason To Believe

This song was also done by Wilson Phillips in 1990 and is super amazing by them. It's beautiful and really heartfelt

Paul Weller recorded a session version for radio 1 in 1995 available on wellers BBC sessions, As usual its simple guitar and beautiful vocal, Check it out

I love this song and what it means and I think people should read the lyrics properly before they make a fool of themselves on line

"If I listened long enough to you/ I'd find a reason to believe that it's all true." This song is perpetually stuck in my head. I like Maggie May, personally, but this one's good, too. Everyone thinks I'm a nut, listening to stuff like this at 14.

The Tim Hardin version is incredible honest and beautiful.

Beleive it or not, Reason To Believe was also recorded by British actor, David Hemmings in 1967. Hemmings was best known as the photographer in Antonioni's "Blow Up." In 1967, Hemmings released an album called "David Hemmings Happens" backed by the Byrds.
Byrd members Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman, along with renowned bassist/arranger Jimmy Bond and Byrds manager/producer Jim Dickson were involved with the album. Hemmings died in 2003, but in 2005, his 1967 album was finally released in CD. For Byrds fans, this would be a really good thing to own.

"someone like you...makes it easy to live...with somebody else.." WOW ! great writing !! My mother was in love with rod stewart...she loved everything about him ...i admit...he is a great performer and great singer...

a cover of this song can be found on the "bleeker street" collection performed by Ron Sexsmith. WONDERFUL!

I do not think that the Lovin Spoonful did this song - you may be thinking of the Youngbloods.

I remember both songs being played when the single was first released, and they were both very ear catching and got me and my best friend talking about them!

I think if you havent heard the Tim Hardin version, you should try and look it up. Contrary to a previous post he did have a good voice, although to be fair, his live performances were apparently, nothing short of shambolic.

One of the problems with Tim Hardin was that while he wrote some very heartfelt lyrics, such as this and "If I Were a Carpenter", he was an awful singer, even in his studio recordings. My sister saw him in concert once; he was very late, sang so poorly he was booed off the stage (the poor performance could have been because of his drug problems) and he cursed out the audience for not accepting him. He also was apparently angry with Bobby Darin for having more successful recordings of this and "Carpenter". Darin, as a goodwill gesture, wrote "Simple Song of Freedom" for Hardin and it became Hardin's most successful single.

The Jayhawks also do a cover of this song on their "Live from the Women's Club Volume 2" albumn. It's fantastic. Of course anything that The Jayhawks do is fantastic.

Also recorded by The Lovin Spoonful

This song was the flip side of Maggie Mae and though it wasn't as big a hit, it did in fact chart. It only managed to make it to the 62nd spot on Billboards Top 100.

What is the meaning of this song? I am so confused by it.

It's also on the Carpenters album "Close to You"

Denny Laine did a good version of this also.

Willson Phillips had a version of this on their debut album; in my opinion, the best version of the song I've yet heard.

This was also recorded by Vonda Shepard on the album "Ally McBeal: For Once in My Life."