We Think It's Love

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"We Think It's Love"
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Single by Leah Haywood
Released	21st February, 2000
Recorded	2000
Genre	Pop
Length	15:50
Label	Sony Music Entertainment
Producer(s)	David Kreuger Per Magnusson Jorgen Elofsson Barbara Griffin Leah Haywood

"Alternate Cover"
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Single by Leah Haywood

We Think It's Love was the debut single released by Leah Haywood in early 2000. It is Leah's biggest hit off her debut album "Leah" staying in the Australian ARIA Top 50 singles chart for nearly up to five months. It was later covered by Swedish Idol contestant Nathalie Schmeikal. Co-written by Leah and Jorgen Elofsson the song deals with a lover confronting their partner about their relationship that they can't "get it right" and that maybe it's "been going on far too long". The song has also been featured a few times on the popular Australian soap drama Neighbours and also on the soundtrack to the film What Women Want, and in the film itself.

At first it was not a huge hit debuting at #41, but as the weeks went by, the single slowly climbed it's way into the top 10 peaking at #7 where it spent months staying in the top 30. This was partly due to its radio influence and music video being on heavy rotation helping single sales to increase and move up the charts. By the end of 2000, it was ranked as the 79th overall highest selling single on the Australian ARIA Singles charts.

The single was released in 3 formats. It was first originally released as a digipak single where it housed a special "clear disc" and then later in a slimline jewel case packaging which came with bonus stickers of Leah and other "Sony" music label artists and an enhanced multimedia screensaver section on the disc. It was finally released on a 12" vinyl which contained two remixes that was unavailable on either CD single releases.

Both CD releases contained the ballad B-side track "And If I Could" which never appeared on the album. The track was co-written and co-produced by Leah and Barbara Griffin.

[edit] Music Video

There are two completely different music videos for We Think It's Love. The original video was shot in early 2000 which featured Leah in a futuristic underground basement club where she meets her boyfriend and tells him off before walking away and leaving the place. During the bridge of the song she is seen running in slow motion in the middle of the rain. Throughout the second chorus there is a special shot of Leah singing with a few dancers in the back where the frame is paused while the camera continues to turn 180 degrees left and right giving a sense of a 3D world. The video ends with Leah leaving a voicemail message to her lover that they've been "going on far too long" with the words appearing on her computer screen just like how video started out with her settling down onto her computer seat.

An alternate video was shot a few months later where Leah enters a modern house full of advanced technological surroundings which transforms into a large garden maze during the second chorus. The garden maze is then transformed back into the modern-tech house before changing into a forest with Leah during the bridge of the song. Towards the climax of the video, there are shots of a wet Leah singing under a waterfall just as the video fades out of her walking across a room in the mordern-tech house.

Cameron Casey directed one of the two videos but it is unclear which version that was directed. It's also likely that the alternate music video was shot specifically for the UK market since Leah was about to start promoting the song in the UK months after it had charted successfully in Australia. The alternate version was shortly featured in the Australian commercial promo for her album even though it was rarely ever aired in full (or possibly never at all) on Australian television.

[edit] Track listing

Digipak CD Single
1. We Think It's Love (3:17)
2. We Think It's Love (Discotheque Club Remix Edit) (4:02)
3. We Think It's Love (Patric's Lounge Remix) (4:55)
4. And If I Could (3:35)

Slimline Jewel Case CD Single
1. We Think It's Love (3:17)
2. We Think It's Love (Discotheque Club Remix Edit) (4:02)
3. We Think It's Love (Patric's Lounge Remix) (4:55)
4. And If I Could (3:37)
5. Multimedia

12" Vinyl
Side 1
1. We Think It's Love (Tasty Club Remix)
2. We Think It's Love (Discotheque Club Remix)
Side 2
1. We Think It's Love (Kitten's Kitchen Sink Remix)
2. We Think It's Love (Patric's Club Remix)