I Believe in a Thing Called Love

Infobox Single
Name = I Believe in a Thing Called Love


Artist = The Darkness
from Album = Permission to Land
B-side = "Makin Out"
"Physical Sex"
"Out of My Hands"
Released = February 24, 2004 (U.S.)
Format = CD, DVD and 7" picture disc
Genre = Glam rock Hard rock
Length = 3:39
Label = Must Destroy
Writer = Justin Hawkins
Dan Hawkins
Ed Graham
Frankie Poullain
Producer = Pedro Ferreira
Chart position =
* #2 (UK Singles Chart)
* #10 (NZ Singles Chart)
Last single = "Growing on Me"
(2003)
This single = "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
(2003)
Next single = "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"
(2003)

"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" is a song by the English rock band The Darkness. The song reached #2 in the UK Singles Charts, beaten by Beyonce's "Crazy in Love".

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. It is also placed 497 on The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born on Blender magazine

The video and original single version were played up a key to the album version.

The song was also featured on The Darkness's single "Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)", a live version from Knebworth House in Knebworth, Hertfordshire in 2003.

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 squid-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 for The Darkness's unreleased single "Friday Night" was a sequel, and showed the ship crashing on an island afterward.)

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".

Cover versions

*Hayseed Dixie on their 2004 album "Let There Be Rockgrass".
*Damien Dempsey on the 2003 charity album "Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 1".
* Lemar on the 2007 Radio 1 Live Lounge CD, which includes a short section of All My Life
*Neil Cicierega on his website eviltrailmix.com
*Simple Plan during live shows.
*Hot Liquid Sex during live shows.
*Hatebreed during select 2003 live shows.
*Melanie C during live shows.
*Kustom during live shows.

In Popular Culture

This song was discussed on VH1's I Love the New Millennium.

This song was featured on the music video games Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 and the upcoming .

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