I Believe in a Thing Called Love
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| "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" | ||
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| Single by The Darkness | ||
| from the album Permission to Land | ||
| B-side(s) | "Makin Out" "Physical Sex" "Out of My Hands" |
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| Released | 22 September 2003 | |
| Format | CD, DVD and 7" picture disc | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:39 | |
| Label | Must Destroy | |
| Writer(s) | Justin Hawkins Dan Hawkins Ed Graham Frankie Poullain |
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| Producer(s) | Pedro Ferreira | |
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| The Darkness singles chronology | ||
| "Growing On Me" | "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" | "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" |
"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" is a song by the English rock group The Darkness.
Lead singer Justin Hawkins sings most of the song in a falsetto. This was one of ten songs on their debut album, Permission to Land, which was released in July 2003 on the Must Destroy record label and Atlantic Records. In March 2005, Q magazine placed "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" at number 47 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
[edit] Music video
The video for this song features their fictional vehicle, a futuristic Star Trek style starship in which the band are encountered by a giant octopus-like alien. During the outro-solo the band destroy the beast with light rays from their instruments. The video was directed by Alex Smith.
The video was nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video in 2004 but lost to Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl".
[edit] Trivia
The song reached #2 in the UK charts, beaten by Beyonce's "Crazy in Love". Dan Hawkins said it was no bad thing to be behind her.
The song was also featured on The Darkness's single "Christmas time (Don't let the Bells End)", a live version from Knebworth in 2003.
The video was sequeled by The Darkness's unreleased single "Friday Night", which shows the ship crashing on an island after the events in "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" video.
The song was featured on the advert for the film "The Girl Next Door" as well as in "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason."
The video and original single version were played up a key to the album version.
The song is covered by Hayseed Dixie on their 2004 album Let There Be Rockgrass.
[edit] Track Listing
CD Single
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Single Version)
- Makin' Out
- Physical Sex
DVD Single
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Single Version)
- Out of my Hands
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love Video
- Video Clips
Vinyl
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love
- Makin' Out
| The Darkness |
| Justin Hawkins | Dan Hawkins | Ed Graham | Richie Edwards |
| Frankie Poullain |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Permission to Land | One Way Ticket to Hell... And Back |
| Singles: Get Your Hands Off My Woman | Growing on Me | I Believe in a Thing Called Love | Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) | Love Is Only a Feeling | One Way Ticket | Is It Just Me? | Girlfriend |
| Labels |
| Atlantic Records | Must Destroy |
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