Song · Queensryche
“I Don't Believe in Love” by Queensryche
From the album Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
“I Don't Believe in Love” by Queensryche appears on 6 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 1999. It was first released in 1988 on the album Operation: Mindcrime. Its best result is #92 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #161 hard rock song of all time.
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"I Don't Believe in Love" comes from Operation: Mindcrime, Queensrÿche's 1988 album, and went out in 1989 as the fourth and final single from it. Chris DeGarmo and Geoff Tate wrote it, and Peter Collins produced, with James "Jimbo" Barton engineering alongside Paul Northfield and handling the mix.
On the record, DeGarmo and Michael Wilton layer 12-string, acoustic and electric guitars, Eddie Jackson holds down the bass, Scott Rockenfield plays drums and percussion, and Michael Kamen adds cello. Tate sings lead, plays keyboards and even whistles, while a choir billed as the Moronic Monks of Morin Heights fills in behind him. It drew a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance in 1990, losing out to Metallica's "One", and the band has leaned on it ever since: it turns up on all four of their compilations and had been played live 895 times by March 2017, sixth among their most-played songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 92 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 126 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 106 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 143 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 115 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 151 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
Also listed as: I Don't Believe In Love.
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