Viral Taylor Swift video sends The Darkness' 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' to Number 1

the darkness track I Believe in a Thing Called Love Has shot to number one after Taylor Swift was filmed enthusiastically singing it to boyfriend Travis Kel while attending the US Open Women's Final in New York on Sunday September 8th the singer was seen dancing and singing along to the 2003 track inadvertently prompting a new wave of affection for the song in another example of what's been dubbed Swift anomic meaning the enduring financial and cultural hold of the You Belong with Me singer the song promptly reached number one on the iTunes rock chart in America and shot up various other charts worldwide over 20 years after its original release now trailing behind the track on the iTunes rock chart are The Gallows by Black Label Society thunder struck by ACDC and in the end by Lincoln Park perv variety streams of I Believe in a Thing Called Love spiked by nearly 70% on Spotify yesterday September 9th with streams of the darkness Rising by nearly 60% globally the darkness frontman Justin Hawkins has since posted a message to Swift Kel Health on Tik Tok expressing gratitude for the renewed love of the song fans are calling it a full circle moment given Swift was featured in an advert for Apple music in 2016 in which she lip syned to the song and danced around a home office Hawkins mentioned how Taylor used to come to their shows and praised her for keeping true to her Roots he thanked Taylor Travis and all tennis enthusiasts for the heartwarming experience