Do You Believe in Love

"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.

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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.^[1]

A music video for the song was filmed in February, 1982 in Los Angeles.^[2] 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]}

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.^[3]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	18
Canada RPM Top Singles^[5]	14
Icelandic Singles Chart^[6]	2
New Zealand Singles Chart	36
US Billboard Hot 100	7
US Billboard Top Tracks	12
Chart (1985)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart^[3]	9

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Rank
Australia^[7]	144
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	51

References

^ Chart Success Summary Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine, hln.org
^ Huey Lewis and the News: World Tour 1986 tour book
^ ^a ^b "Huey Lewis & The News Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
^ "Tonlist Top 10". DV. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
^ Australian-charts.com Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^ Longboredsurfer.com

External links

Video of performance by Supercharge performance at YouTube.com
Original music video at YouTube.com

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Singles	"Do You Believe in Love" "Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do" "Workin' for a Livin'" "Heart and Soul" "I Want a New Drug" "The Heart of Rock & Roll" "If This Is It" "Walking on a Thin Line" "The Power of Love" "Stuck with You" "Hip to Be Square" "Jacob's Ladder" "I Know What I Like" "Doing It All for My Baby" "Perfect World" "Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy)" "Couple Days Off" "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" "(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful" "But It's Alright" "Little Bitty Pretty One"
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