I Believe in a Thing Called Love

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I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Supergirl)
.

"I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
Single by the Darkness
from the album Permission to Land
B-side
  • "Makin' Out"
  • "Physical Sex"
  • "Out of My Hands"
Released22 September 2003 (2003-9-22)
StudioChapel (Lincolnshire, England)
Genre
Length3:40
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Pedro Ferreira
The Darkness singles chronology
"Growing on Me"
(2003) 		"I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
(2003) 		"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"
(2003)

"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" is a song by English

Modern Rock Tracks
chart.

Background and release

"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" was originally issued as a 3-track EP in August 2002; however, as only a small number of copies were printed, it was ineligible to chart. The EP also included early versions of "Love on the Rocks with No Ice" and "

B-side on the group's Christmas single, "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)
".

Commercial performance

When released as a single in September 2003, "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" peaked at number two on the

UK Singles Chart.[2] Sales and streams in the UK have surpassed 600,000 units, allowing it to receive a platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[3] The single helped the album sell 647,000 copies in the United States as of February 2012.[4] The song became the second highest charting single from a UK band in 2003, finishing behind Lostprophets' single "Last Train Home", released in December of that year.[5]

Music video

The music video for the song was designed to launch the band onto the US market.[6] Directed by Alex Smith, the band are shown on a spaceship, performing, and battling aliens and monsters.[7][8]

Accolades

In March 2005,

Q magazine placed "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" at number 47 in its list of the 101 Greatest Guitar Tracks.[citation needed] It was named the 276th best track of the 2000s by Pitchfork.[9] It is also placed 493 on The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born on Blender magazine[citation needed] and was ranked number one for Classic Rock magazine's list of "The Greatest Rock Songs of the Noughties."[citation needed] The song was also named the 94th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[10] In a 2020 poll, Classic Rock readers awarded the song the "Greatest Song of the Century (so far)."[11]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Permission to Land album booklet.[17]

Studios

  • Recorded at Chapel Studios (Lincolnshire, England)
  • Additional vocals recorded at Paul Smith Music Studios (London, England)
  • Mixed at Roundhouse Recording Studios (London, England)
  • Mastered at The Exchange (London, England)

Personnel

  • Justin Hawkins – writing, vocals, guitar, synthesizer, piano
  • Dan Hawkins – writing, guitar
  • Frankie Poullain – writing, bass
  • Ed Graham – writing, drums
  • Pedro Ferreira – production, mixing, engineering
  • Will Bartle – recording assistant
  • Nick Taylor – mixing assistant
  • Mike Marsh – mastering

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[3] Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[42] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s).
United Kingdom 22 September 2003
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • DVD
[43][44]
United States 3 November 2003
  • alternative radio
 [45]
2 February 2004 Contemporary hit radio [46]
Australia 22 March 2004 CD [47]

Cover versions

This song was featured as a playable track on the music video games

Tye Dillinger's entrance music while he was in Ohio Valley Wrestling
.

References

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