I Can't Believe What You Say (for Seeing What You Do)

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"I Can't Believe What You Say"
Single by Ike & Tina Turner
B-side"My Baby Now"
ReleasedSeptember 1964
Recorded1964
Length2:00
LabelKent Records
Songwriter(s)Ike Turner
Producer(s)Ike Turner
Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology
"Strange"
(1964)
"I Can't Believe What You Say"
(1964)
"Please, Please, Please"
(1964)

"I Can't Believe What You Say (For Seeing What You Do)" is a song written by Ike Turner. It was originally released by Ike & Tina Turner on Kent Records in 1964.

Release[edit]

"I Can't Believe What You Say (For Seeing What You Do)" was written and produced by Ike Turner. It was released as a non-album track on Kent Records in September 1964. The single reached No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 33 on the Record World R&B chart.[1] It was the best-selling R&B record for Kent in 1965.[2] Tina Turner performed the song on Shindig! in August 1965.[3] A different version of the song appeared on Ike & Tina Turner's album Get It – Get It, which was remixed and reissued as Her Man…His Woman in 1971. Ike Turner released another version on the album The Edge in 1980.

Critical reception[edit]

The single was selected for Cash Box magazine's Pick of the Week.[4]

Cash Box (October 10, 1964): "This Kent outing for Ike & Tina Turner is already stirring up a heap of attention. Tagged I Can’t Believe What You Say, it’s a high-speed handclapping twister that sports a host of ultra-commercial vocal and instrumental sounds. Watch it. Backing's a soul-filled shuflle-rock blueser that Tina wails with loads of feeling."[4]

Cover versions[edit]

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1964) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 95
US Cash Box Looking Ahead[5] 134
US Record World Top 40 R&B[6] 33

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100" (PDF). Billboard. October 17, 1964. p. 22.
  2. ^ "Best-Selling R&B Records for 1965" (PDF). Record World: 64. March 12, 1966.
  3. ^ ""Shindig!" Episode #1.49 (TV Episode 1965)". IMDb.
  4. ^ a b "Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box: 12. October 10, 1964.
  5. ^ "Looking Ahead" (PDF). Cash Box: 8. October 24, 1964.
  6. ^ "Top 40 R&B" (PDF). Record World: 21. October 24, 1964.