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Don't Believe in Love
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Believe in Love
| cover = Don't_believe_in_love.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Dido
| album = Safe Trip Home
| released = 27 October 2008
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = 3:53
| label = Sony BMG
| writer = Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Jon Brion
| producer = Jon Brion
| prev_title = Look No Further
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Quiet Times
| next_year = 2009
| misc =
}}
"'Don't Believe in Love'" is a pop song performed by 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. [https://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN2251431320080822 "Dido bringing it all "Home" in November"]. Reuters. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.[http://www.didomusic.com/gb/news_and_diary/news/dont_believe_in_love_added_to_player/ "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.
Release
The song was premiered on radio stations on 1 September 2008, and was released for download in many European countries from 29 September 2008.[http://www.allaccess.com/mainFrame.php?url=/site/home/index.php%3Fbs=sp%26sn=home%26d=hotModAC%26f=home%26ng=hotModAC%26ag=61 "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.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (20082009)
!Peak
position
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|Australian Physical Singles Chart[https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20081119130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20081120-0000/issue977.pdf "The ARIA Report Issue #977"]. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
|align="center"|42
|-
|Austrian Singles Chart[http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dido "Discographie Dido"]. AustrianCharts.at. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
|align="center"|29
|-
|Belgian Singles Chart Flanders
|align="center"|45
|-
|Belgian Singles Chart Wallonia
|align="center"|14
|-
|Hot Canadian Digital Singles
|align="center"|66
|-
|-
|Dutch Singles Chart
|align="center"|83
|-
|Greek Digital Singles Chart[http://www.billboard.com/charts/2008-10-25/digital-songs "Greek Singles Chart (Chart Listing for the Week of 25 Oct 2008"]. 'Billboard'. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
|align="center"|4
|-
|Hungarian Singles Chart
|align="center"|9
|-
|Israeli Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|Italian Singles Chart[http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Dido&titel=Don%27t+Believe+In+Love&cat=s "Dido Don't Believe in Love (Song)"] . ItalianCharts.com. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
|align="center"|2
|-
|Japan Hot 100
|align="center"|20
|-
|Portuguese Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Scottish Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|-
|Slovakian Airplay Chart
|align="center"|51
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|Swiss Singles Chart[http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Dido&titel=Don%27t+Believe+In+Love&cat=s "Discographie Dido"]. HitParade.ch. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
|align="center"|16
|-
|UK Singles Chart[https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ "Official Charts Company: Dido"]. OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
|align="center"|54
|-
|}
Certification
Popular culture
*"Don't Believe in Love" was featured in the fourth episode of '90210'
References
Category:2008 singles
Category:2008 songs
Category:Dido (singer) songs
Category:Songs written by Dido (singer)
Category:Songs written by Rollo Armstrong
Category:Songs written by Jon Brion
Category:Song recordings produced by Jon Brion
Category:Sony BMG singles
Category:Pop ballads
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