Do You Believe in Love

"Do You Believe in Love"
Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Picture This
B-side "Is It Me"
Released January 22, 1982
Format 7" vinyl
Recorded 1980–1981
Genre Pop rock, New wave
Length 3:30
Label Chrysalis
Writer(s) Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer(s) Huey Lewis and the News
Bob Brown
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology
"Now Here's You"
(1980)		 "Do You Believe in Love"
(1982)		 "Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do"
(1982)

"Do You Believe in Love" is the first top-ten hit for the American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, peaking at number seven in May 1982, off their second album Picture This. It was written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.

History

When Lange wrote the song and submitted it to the band, it was entitled "We Both Believe In Love", but was retitled after Lewis made revisions. The unrevised version was originally recorded by British band Supercharge, on which Lange sang lead vocals, on the 1979 album Body Rhythm.

The song became the band's breakthrough hit, peaking at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart.[1]

A music video for the song features the band singing into a sleeping woman's ear, followed by the next morning, singing in the kitchen. This video received heavy airplay in the early days of MTV, contributing to the breakthrough popularity of both the song and the band.

In the UK, the song was released as a double A side with "The Power of Love" in 1985.[2]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australian KMR 18
Canadian Singles Chart[3] 14
New Zealand Singles Chart 36
US Billboard Hot 100 7
US Billboard Top Tracks 12
US Cash Box Top 100[4] 13
Chart (1985) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[2] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1982) Rank
Australia[5] 144
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 51

References

  1. ↑ Chart Success Summary, hln.org
  2. 1 2 "Huey Lewis & The News Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  4. ↑ http://98.130.35.56/archives/80s_files/19820424.html
  5. ↑ Australian-charts.com
  6. ↑ Musicoutfitters.com

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