| Do You Believe in Love | |
| Cover: | Do You Believe in Love Single.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Huey Lewis and the News |
| Album: | Picture This |
| B-Side: | Is It Me |
| Released: | January 22, 1982 |
| Recorded: | 1981 |
| Genre: | Pop[1] |
| Length: | 3:30 |
| Label: | Chrysalis |
| 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.
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.[2]
A music video for the song was filmed in February, 1982 in Los Angeles.[3] 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.
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.[4]
| Chart (1982) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 18 | |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[6] | 14 | |
| Icelandic Singles Chart[7] | 2 | |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 36 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 7 | |
| US Billboard Top Tracks | 12 | |
| Chart (1985) | Peak position | |
| UK Singles Chart | 9 |
| Chart (1982) | Rank |
|---|---|
| Australia[8] | 144 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 51 |
