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Australia 45 single, Side A. RCA Victor (104627) (1986)
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"I Believe in Santa Claus" is a single by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. It was released in November 1986 exclusively in Australia and New Zealand by RCA Records as a single from Kenny and Dolly's Once Upon a Christmas album. It was released in the United States the following year on November 30, 1987. The song was written by Dolly Parton. It was produced by David Foster and Kenny Rogers.

Track listing

Australia 45 single
Side A
  • I Believe in Santa Claus (Dolly Parton) 3:18
Side B
  • Silent Night   Kenny Rogers (Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber) 3:15

US 45 single
Side A
  • I Believe in Santa Claus (Dolly Parton) 3:18
Side B
  • Christmas Without You (Dolly Parton, Steve Goldstein) 3:52

Audio

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Once Upon a Christmas liner notes. ​The album liner notes do not give credits for individual tracks, so the credits below are for the album as a whole.
Performance
  • Dennis Belfield – bass
  • Erich Bulling – keyboard, synthesizer programming
  • Joe Chemay – bass
  • Jimmy Cox – keyboard
  • Victor Feldman – percussion
  • David Foster – keyboard
  • John Goux – guitar
  • Ed Greene – drums
  • John Hobbs – keyboard
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • Paul Leim – drums, percussion
  • John Robinson – drums
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • ​Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass
  • Fred Tackett – guitar
  • Kin Vassy – guitar
  • Randy Waldman – keyboard
  • Billy Joe Walker – guitar
Production
  • Debbie Caponetta – production assistant
  • Terry Christian – additional engineering
  • Larry Fergusson – additional engineering
  • David Foster – producer, rhythm arrangements
  • Tom Fouce – additional engineering
  • Stuart Furusho – additional engineering
  • Humberto Gatica – engineer, mixing
  • David Leonard – additional engineering
  • Laura Livingston – additional engineering
  • Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements, rhythm arrangements
  • Bob Pickering – additional engineering
  • John Richards – additional engineering
  • Kenny Rogers – producer
  • Stephen Schmitt – additional engineering
  • Stephen Shelton – additonal engineering
  • Wally Traugott – mastering
  • Tommy Vicari – engineer