Do You Believe in Love
{{Infobox song
| name = Do You Believe in Love
| cover = Do You Believe in Love Single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Huey Lewis and the News
| album = Picture This
| B-side = Is It Me
| released = January 22, 1982
| recorded = 1981
| studio =
| genre = Pop{{cite book|first=Michaelangelo|last=Matos|title=Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year|chapter= Radio City Music Hall, New York City: September 14, 1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RGLbDwAAQBAJ|date=8 December 2020|publisher=Hachette Books|isbn=978-0-306-90337-3|page=263}}
| length = 3:30
| label = Chrysalis
| writer = Robert John "Mutt" Lange
| producer = Huey Lewis and the News
Bob Brown
| prev_title = Now Here's You
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do
| next_year = 1982
}}
"Do You Believe in Love" is the first US top-ten hit for the American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, peaking at number seven in April 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 some lyrical 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.[http://www.hln.org/index.php?title=Chart_Success_Summary Chart Success Summary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618163528/http://www.hln.org/index.php?title=Chart_Success_Summary |date=2009-06-18 }}, hln.org
A music video for the song was filmed in February, 1982 in Los Angeles.Huey Lewis and the News: World Tour 1986 tour book The music video features a scene with 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.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
In the UK, the song was released as a double A-side with "The Power of Love" in 1985. This release peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, the band's only top ten hit in the territory.{{cite web|title=Huey Lewis & The News Full Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21825/huey-lewis-and-the-news/|website=Official Charts Company|accessdate=19 January 2016}}
Chart performance
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| Australia[http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 Australian-charts.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |date=October 6, 2014 }}
| style="text-align:center;"|144 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1982 Longboredsurfer.com]
| style="text-align:center;"|51 |
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References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUqmt7phVQ Video of performance by Supercharge performance] at YouTube.com
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzIbyDbmsyg Original music video] at YouTube.com
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Category:Huey Lewis and the News songs
Category:Songs written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Category:Chrysalis Records singles
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