Unbelievable (EMF song)

"Unbelievable"
Standard release
Single by EMF
from the album Schubert Dip
B-side"EMF" (live at The Bilson)
Released22 October 1990 (UK)[1]
3 November 1990 (US)[2]
Genre
Length3:30
Label
Songwriter(s)EMF
Producer(s)Ralph Jezzard
EMF singles chronology
"Unbelievable"
(1990) 		"I Believe"
(1991)
Music video
"Unbelievable" on YouTube

"Unbelievable" is a song written and recorded by British band EMF, originally appearing on their debut album, Schubert Dip (1991). It was released as a single in the UK in October 1990 by Parlophone, peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart on 1 December 1990. It was the 30th-best-selling single of 1990 in the UK,[4] and a top 10 hit also in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden. In the United States, "Unbelievable" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 in 1991. The song was produced by Ralph Jezzard, and contains samples of US comedian Andrew Dice Clay[5] and a Black Panther Party member shouting "What the fuck?"[6] Its music video was directed by Josh Taft.

  1. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 20 October 1990. p. 37.
  2. ^ "Happy 25th: EMF, "Unbelievable"".
  3. ^ Smith, Troy L. (21 October 2020). "Every No. 1 song of the 1990s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Official Top 40 best-selling songs of 1990". Official Charts.com. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  5. ^ Talevski, Nick (2006). Rock Obituaries – Knocking on Heaven's Door. Omnibus Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-8460-9091-2.
  6. ^ Quantick, David (September 1991). "The Unbelievable Truth". Spin. Vol. 7, no. 6. p. 62. ISSN 0886-3032.