Reason to Believe

Tim Hardin wrote, composed and first recorded Reason to Believe in 1965, and it came out on his debut album, Tim Hardin 1, on Verve in 1966. The Carpenters recorded it for Close to You in 1970. Stewart's version, listed as (Find a) Reason to Believe, closes Every Picture Tells a Story. It was the first single from the album, with Maggie May as the B-side, and reached 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 before the B-side overtook it. Pete Sears plays the piano that opens it, followed by organ, drums, acoustic guitar and a solo violin, and Spike Heatley plays double bass. Tal Rosenberg of Pitchfork wrote that Stewart and Wood arranged it as a hybrid of gospel and British folk, a "perfect closer."

Stewart recorded it again live for Unplugged...and Seated in 1993. That version was released in August 1993 as the album's second single and reached 19 on the Hot 100 and three in Canada. Its single added a live It's All Over Now that is not on the album. Together the two versions logged 41 weeks on the Hot 100.