"Don't Believe in Love" is a song performed by English singer-songwriter Dido. It is the only official single from her third studio album, Safe Trip Home, but the second single overall. It was released on 27 October 2008.Cohen, Jonathan. "Dido bringing it all "Home" in November". Reuters. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008."Don't Believe in Love Added to Player" . DidoMusic.com. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008. "Don't Believe in Love (Objektivity Mix)" by Dennis Ferrer received a nomination for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.
Composition and release According to Dido, "Don't Believe in Love" is not about a one-night stand situation as the lyrics might suggest. She explained, "I guess the basic concept is the world's a better place with love than it is without, but there's a whole lot of stuff to get to that point [...] The fact that I never truly explain what a song is about means that I feel very unlimited in what I put in. I think it is mainly journalists who want to work your life out from your songs". The song was premiered on radio stations on 1 September 2008, and was released for download in many European countries from 29 September 2008."Hot/Modern/AC". AllAccess.com. Retrieved 29 August 2008. It was also released in Australia on this date. The physical single was released in United Kingdom on 27 October 2008, and in Germany on 31 October 2008.
Music video The music video for the song was filmed in a ranch near Los Angeles, with AlexandLiane as the directors. The video was filmed in September 2008, and premiered on Dido's official YouTube account on 30 October 2008. The music video was available as a free download from the iTunes Store on 3 December 2008, as part of their 2008 "12 Days of Christmas" promotion.
Track listing "Don't Believe in Love" (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Jon Brion) "Look No Further" (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Jon Brion)
Live performances "Virgin Radio" Le 17/20 – Bruno Guillon & Camille Combal – 22 October 2008 Live with Regis and Kelly – 7 November 2008 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno – 10 November 2008 "KLLC" – 12 November 2008 The Ellen DeGeneres Show – 12 November 2008 "Radio Cherie FM", France – 20 November 2008 TV Total, Germany – 25 November 2008 "Quelli Che Il Calcio E...", Italy – 14 December 2008 "Radio RFM", France – 30 December 2008
Charts The song only peaked at No. 54 on the UK Singles Chart, making it her second lowest charting single to date, until No Freedom charted 5 places lower at 59 in 2013. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Italian Digital Singles Chart. The song has reached No. 20 on the Japan Hot 100. The song was also certified 2× Platinum in Italy.
Chart (2008–2009)PeakpositionAustralian Physical Singles Chart"The ARIA Report Issue #977". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 November 2008.42Austrian Singles Chart"Discographie Dido". AustrianCharts.at. Retrieved 28 November 2008.29Belgian Singles Chart Flanders45Belgian Singles Chart Wallonia14Hot Canadian Digital Singles66Dutch Top 40 Tipparade chart16Dutch Singles Chart83Greek Digital Singles Chart"Greek Singles Chart (Chart Listing for the Week of 25 Oct 2008". Billboard. Retrieved 27 October 2008.4Hungarian Singles Chart9Israeli Singles Chart2Italian Singles Chart"Dido – Don't Believe in Love (Song)" . ItalianCharts.com. Retrieved 27 October 2008.2Japan Hot 10020Portuguese Singles Chart1Scottish Singles Chart21Slovak Airplay Chart51Swiss Singles Chart"Discographie Dido". HitParade.ch. Retrieved 18 November 2008.16UK Singles Chart"Official Charts Company: Dido". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 28 November 2008.54
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Popular culture "Don't Believe in Love" was featured in the fourth episode of 90210's first season, "The Bubble"."90210 Music" . The CW Television Network. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
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