This propelled the song to the number one spot on U.S. The song was featured in a 2012 commercial during Super Bowl XLVI, for the Samsung Galaxy Note. It is featured in both Rocksmith and Rock Band 3 as downloadable content. The song was also featured on the original version of SingStar. This song was featured as a playable track on the music video games Karaoke Revolution Volume 2, Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades and Dancing Stage Fusion as source music in an episode of The Bill and as part of the soundtracks for the films Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. Delta Goodrem on her 2016 album Wings of the Wild.Hanson covered the song on their Roots & Rock 'N' Roll EP in 2015.Scott Bradlee and Postmodern Jukebox released a New Orleans jazz version of the song in 2015, featuring Maiya Sykes.Adam Lambert and Chris Colfer in Glee episode " Frenemies", in 2014.Dylan Everett and Olivia Scriven on Degrassi in 2012.Johnny Robinson as a contestant on The X Factor in 2011.Panic! at the Disco in various live shows.Poet on the 2010 compilation album Rockin' Romance II. Lemar on the 2007 BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge album.Shayne Ward as a contestant on The X Factor in 2005.Damien Dempsey on the 2003 charity album Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol.Hayseed Dixie on their 2004 album Let There Be Rockgrass.Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard) Track listings Ĭanada Rock Top 30 ( Radio & Records) Directed by Alex Smith, the band are shown on a spaceship, performing and battling aliens and monsters. The music video for the song was designed to launch the band onto the U.S. Sales in the UK were 381,373 copies as of November 2017 according to the Official Charts Company. In a 2020 poll, Classic Rock Magazine readers awarded the song the "Greatest Song of the Century (so far)." Commercial performance A live version of the song, recorded at Knebworth House in Knebworth, Hertfordshire in 2003, was featured as a B-side to the group's Christmas single, "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)". It is also placed 493 on The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born on Blender magazine and was ranked number one for Classic Rock Magazine 's list of "The Greatest Rock Songs of the Noughties." The song was also named the 94th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. It was named the 276th best track of the 2000s by Pitchfork. 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. When released as a single in September 2003, it was beaten to number one by The Black Eyed Peas' " Where Is the Love?". The EP also included early versions of "Love on the Rocks With No Ice" and "Love Is Only a Feeling". "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 song also charted worldwide, becoming a top-10 hit in Ireland, New Zealand, and Sweden, as well as on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. When released as a single in September 2003, it peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart, just behind The Black Eyed Peas' " Where Is the Love?". " I Believe in a Thing Called Love" is a song by English rock band the Darkness, released as the third single from their debut studio album, Permission to Land. " Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" For the Supergirl episode, see I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Supergirl).
For the EP, see I Believe in a Thing Called Love (EP).