We Think It's Love

"We Think It's Love" is a song by Leah Haywood, released as her debut single in early 2000. It is Leah's biggest hit off her debut album "Leah" staying in the Australian ARIA Top 50 singles chart for nearly up to five months. It was later covered by Swedish Idol contestant Nathalie Schmeikal. Co-written by Leah and Jorgen Elofsson, the song deals with a lover confronting his or her partner about their relationship that they cannot "get it right" and that maybe it has "been going on far too long". The song has also been featured a few times on the popular Australian soap drama Neighbours and also on the soundtrack of the film What Women Want, and in the film itself.

"We Think It's Love"
Single by Leah Haywood
from the album Leah
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2000 (2000-02-21)
Recorded
GenrePop
Length3:17
LabelSony Music Entertainment
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Leah Haywood singles chronology
"We Think It's Love"
(2000)		 "Crazy"
(2001)

Initially, it was not a huge hit, debuting at #41 but, as the weeks went by, the single slowly climbed its way into the top 10, peaking at #7, and spending 4 months in the Australian Top 40. This was partly due to its radio influence and music video being on heavy rotation helping single sales to increase and move up the charts. By the end of 2000, it was ranked as the 79th overall highest selling single on the Australian ARIA Singles charts.

The single was released in three formats. It was first released as a digipak single where it housed a special "clear disc" and then later in a slimline jewel-case packaging which came with bonus stickers of Leah and other "Sony" music label artistes and an enhanced multimedia screensaver section on the disc. It was finally released on a 12" vinyl which contained two remixes that were unavailable on either CD single releases.

Both CD releases contained the ballad B-side track "And If I Could", which never appeared on the album. The track was co-written and co-produced by Leah and Sydney music producer Barbara Griffin.

Music video

There are two completely different music videos for We Think It's Love. The original video was shot in early 2000 and featured Leah in a futuristic underground basement club where she meets her boyfriend and tells him off before walking away and leaving the place. During the bridge of the song she is seen running in slow motion in the middle of the rain. Throughout the second chorus there is a special shot of Leah singing with a few dancers in the back where the frame is paused while the camera continues to turn 180 degrees left and right giving a sense of a 3D world. The video ends with Leah leaving a voicemail message to her lover that they have been "going on far too long", with the words appearing on her computer screen in the same way that video started out with her settling down on to her computer seat.

An alternate video was shot a few months later in Barcelona where Leah enters a modern house full of advanced technological surroundings which is transformed into a large garden maze during the second chorus. The garden maze then reverts into the modern-tech house before changing into a forest with Leah during the bridge of the song. Towards the climax of the video, there are shots of a wet Leah singing under a waterfall just as the video fades out of her walking across a room in the modern-tech house.

Cameron Casey directed the alternate video. It is also likely that the alternate music video was shot specifically for the UK market, since Leah was about to start promoting the song in the UK months after it had charted successfully in Australia. The alternate version was soon to be featured in the Australian commercial promo for her album, even though it was rarely ever aired in full (or possibly never at all) on Australian television.

Track listing
Digipak CD single[1]
  1. We Think It's Love (3:17)
  2. We Think It's Love (Discothèque Club Remix Edit) (4:02)
  3. We Think It's Love (Patric's Lounge Remix) (4:55)
  4. And If I Could (3:35)
Slimline jewel case CD single
  1. We Think It's Love (3:17)
  2. We Think It's Love (Discothèque Club Remix Edit) (4:02)
  3. We Think It's Love (Patric's Lounge Remix) (4:55)
  4. And If I Could (3:37)
  5. Multimedia
12" vinyl

Side 1

  1. We Think It's Love (Tasty Club Remix)
  2. We Think It's Love (Discothèque Club Remix)

Side 2

  1. We Think It's Love (Kitten's Kitchen Sink Remix)
  2. We Think It's Love (Patric's Club Remix)

Charts

Weekly Charts
Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 7

Year-end charts
Chart (2000) Position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 79

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[4] Gold 35,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. http://www.discogs.com/Leah-Haywood-We-Think-Its-Love/master/218065
  2. "Australian-chart.com - Leah Haywood - We Think It's Love (Song)". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  3. "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2000". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  4. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2000.htm
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