“When he sang the chorus for the first time, I just said, ‘No, you can’t do that – it sounds ridiculous!’”: The classic 2000s hit inspired by Queen and Def Leppard – with not one but two killer guitar solos

The Darkness in 2003.

It sounded like a song from a bygone era – and that was exactly how the band had planned it.

I Believe In A Thing Called Love was the breakout hit for The Darkness in 2003, and as rhythm guitarist Dan Hawkins recalled: “We just tried to write the most ’80s song we could.”