I Believe In A Thing Called Love

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 the Black Eyed Peas' Where Is the 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 semitone 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. The song was named the 94th best hard rock song of all time by VH1 (based on fan voting). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.