I Believe in You ( Don Williams song ) - Wikipedia I Believe in You ( Don Williams song ) `` I Believe in You '' Single by Don Williams from the album I Believe in You B - side `` It Only Rains on Me '' Released August 1980 Genre Country Length 4 : 04 Label MCA Songwriter ( s ) Roger Cook Sam Hogin Producer ( s ) Don Williams Garth Fundis Don Williams singles chronology `` Good Ole Boys Like Me '' ( 1980 ) `` I Believe in You '' ( 1980 ) `` Falling Again '' ( 1981 ) `` Good Ole Boys Like Me '' ( 1980 ) `` I Believe in You '' ( 1980 ) `` Falling Again '' ( 1981 ) `` I Believe in You '' is a song written by Roger Cook and Sam Hogin, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in August 1980 as the first single and title track from the album I Believe in You. Contents 1 Commercial performance 2 Charts 3 References 4 External links Commercial performance The song became Don Williams ' eleventh number 1 on Billboard 's country chart. The single stayed at number 1 for two weeks and spent 12 weeks on the country chart. `` I Believe in You '' was Don Williams ' only Top 40 entry, where it peaked at number 24. The song has sold 286,000 downloads in the United States in the digital era. The song was also a hit in Europe and Australia. It was best received in New Zealand, where it reached number four on the pop singles chart and is ranked as the 38th biggest hit of 1981. Charts Chart ( 1980 - 81 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 8 Australian KMR 20 Belgian VRT Top 30 21 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 7 Dutch Top 40 23 New Zealand Singles Chart References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 386. Jump up ^ Bjorke, Matt ( September 18, 2017 ). `` Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart : September 18, 2017 ''. Roughstock. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits : Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 680. Jump up ^ `` Top Selling Singles of 1981 The Official New Zealand Music Chart ''. Nztop40.co.nz. 1981 - 12 - 31. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 16. Jump up ^ `` Don Williams Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 258. Jump up ^ `` NZ Top 40 Singles Chart The Official New Zealand Music Chart ''. Nztop40.co.nz. 1981 - 01 - 25. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 16. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Loving Up a Storm '' by Razzy Bailey Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single October 18 - October 25, 1980 Succeeded by `` Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard ( Good Ol ' Boys ) '' by Waylon Jennings Preceded by `` Guess I Went Crazy '' by Canadian Zephyr RPM Country Tracks number - one single October 25 - November 8, 1980 Succeeded by `` Could I Have This Dance '' by Anne Murray Don Williams Studio albums Don Williams Vol. 3 Harmony Especially for You Cafe Carolina And So It Goes Singles `` I Would n't Want to Live If You Did n't Love Me '' `` The Ties That Bind '' `` You 're My Best Friend '' `` ( Turn Out the Light And ) Love Me Tonight '' `` ' Til the Rivers All Run Dry '' `` Say It Again '' `` I Recall a Gypsy Woman '' `` She Never Knew Me '' `` Some Broken Hearts Never Mend '' `` I 'm Just a Country Boy '' `` I 've Got a Winner in You '' `` Rake and Ramblin ' Man '' `` Tulsa Time '' `` Lay Down Beside Me '' `` It Must Be Love '' `` Love Me Over Again '' `` Good Ole Boys Like Me '' `` I Believe In You '' `` Falling Again '' `` Miracles '' `` If I Needed You '' ( with Emmylou Harris ) `` Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good '' `` Listen to the Radio '' `` Mistakes '' `` If Hollywood Do n't Need You ( Honey I Still Do ) '' `` Love Is on a Roll '' `` Nobody but You '' `` Stay Young '' `` That 's the Thing About Love '' `` Maggie 's Dream '' `` Walkin ' a Broken Heart '' `` It 's Time for Love '' `` We 've Got a Good Fire Goin ' ' '' `` Heartbeat in the Darkness '' `` Then It 's Love '' `` Señorita '' `` I 'll Never Be in Love Again '' `` I Would n't Be a Man '' `` Another Place, Another Time '' `` Desperately '' `` Old Coyote Town '' `` One Good Well '' `` I 've Been Loved by the Best '' `` Just as Long as I Have You '' `` Maybe That 's All It Takes '' `` Back in My Younger Days '' `` True Love '' `` Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy '' Related articles Discography `` Amanda '' This 1980 country song - related article is a stub. 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Question: who wrote the song i believe in you
Answer: Roger Cook