It's infinitely better than being a none hit wonder.

Bring back the days when a "one hit wonder" could have 3 epic guitar solos in it

Imagine being ridiculed for having a massive hit... would that we were all so lucky. It is a great song, and has caused many more people to give the band a listen that would have never heard of them before, myself included.

My response is always "How does it feel to be a no-hit, no-wonder?" It is a strange coincidence that the only people who make fun of success are those who have never achieved it themselves.

I had a dream the other night in which you told me you wrote and sang the original "Cheri Cheri Lady". I said that can't be, you're too young, to which you replied "that has never stopped me before". Peak randomness, it was brilliant.

"Everything has a price and everything is annoying" Truer words were never spoken.

What !!! ? One hit wonder !!! 😵??? Twenty years on from that hit The Darkness are “ still going strong “ with a chain of fantastic songs that everyone loves 💕

You are ANYTHING but a one-hit wonder Justin! There are countless smashing songs in The Darkness catalog. We, your loyal fans, know that very well. Thank you for delivering rock music the way God intended it to be! MWAH! ♥♥♥

It's better to be known for one thing than not being known for anything.

I wouldn't normally say this sort of thing but i wanted to tell you that since i lost my partner to cancer in the middle of 2021 The Darkness music has helped me so much. 🙂 rock music was a big thing with us and we went to lots of gigs together over the years. I went to my first ever gig alone at end January and it was to see you guys and black stone cherry. Anyway like i say i wouldn't normally say anything but felt compelled to tell you as following my loss i think it's important to let people know the positive impact that they can have. Thankyou ❤

Among others, "Growing On Me," "Is It Just Me?", "Open Fire," and "Speed of the Night Time" all should've been MASSIVE hits.

Easter is Cancelled is an incredible album. The lyrics are on another level. No one can't touch Hawkins.

You're a class act and rock defibrillator! On this platform you are a regular Inspiration! Keep it UP!

The Darkness has one of the best live acts I've seen. I have seen many since I work for some venues in TX. The boys are top tier musicians, their songs are fantastic and they don't take themselves too seriously. All they needed was 1 "hit" to gain a lifetime fan.

I was lucky enough to have our band open for Marcy Playground back in 2010! John Wozniak made a comment about Sex and Candy as it was one if his favorites to play at shows still as that song has enabled him to not work a 9-5 and play and create music for a living! Plus the fans go crazy when they do it!

I thought Christmas Time was a bigger hit. You hear it everywhere each December

Don’t worry Justin, you’ll always be a two hit wonder for me, LooooAAAAAHHHHHVE ON THE ROCKS! I kid of course The Darkness are a fantastic band, and “Every Inch of You” is my favourite Darkness song, and “Hot Cakes” was the album that really got me into your band. Your vocals on that song (and that album, well every album) are absolutely knockout and the plunking foot stomping rhythm you’ve got behind it, great stuff! If it’s any consolation I didn’t actually know until around 2018 (I’m 23) that “I Believe in a thing called love” was your biggest song, I’d always thought it was “Love on the Rocks with no ice” but I suppose that was just because my dad played that song all the time. Personally I don’t understand why being considered a “one hit wonder” is a bad thing for a lot of people either, as you said, where’s their one hit? Least you got “one hit” plenty of great bands don’t when they deserve one.

Easter is Cancelled is my favourite album in terms if lyrics and overall quality. Those who are approaching The Darkness thanks to this channel should definitely listen to it as a daily lesson.

My wife walked down the aisle to I Believe In A Thing Called Love. All the old folks looked suitably scandalized. All the youngins rocked out. It was awesome.

I remember watching you on MTV when I was in high school and now I'm in my late 30s and still find myself singing your songs from time to time, especially if I want to feel happy. Your songs, videos, and basically your happy, positive vibes still make me want to go back and listen. I'm from the Philippines but I'm now based in the US. Keep rockin' idol!

Ive enjoyed every video Ive seen since discovering JHRA. Your charming, talented, smart and sincere. You know what makes a good song and the artistry that goes into making hit songs.

Justin... just wanna let you know you're the reason my commute don't suck! I drive almost 4 hours a day and I listen to you all the way to work and back home. Thank you and cheers from Los Angeles mate!

What a powerful song Justin, brings a smile and a headbang to everyone. It's actually really fun to learn to play also! I'm not the best at power chords but I enjoy that riff so much. You also have the greatest Christmas song ever written.

I've been enjoying ur posts so much.....from Oregon USA, and ur fantastic. Not for a single song u have shown urself to be an intelligent musician. Keep up the positivity, the US needs it. ❤️🤘

Keep doing the early morning videos, they're hilarious!

Amazing glasses today and the entirety of Permission to Land was ace!

I remember as a kid I was in the car with my uncle and he blasted i believe in a thing called love, singing at the top of his lungs while driving abit too fast 😂 but it was one of my fondest memories cementing it as one of my favourite songs of all time and then moving on to more of your discography it’s just incredible

I agree, the soft-green color of your Bock mic is beautiful... and very important! Lol 💚🎙

2:55 - TIL that Radiohead's "Creep" has a LOT in common with The Hollies' "The Air that I Breathe" - thanks Justin Hawkins! So happy to have stumbled on your channel and that you're doing music stuff on the internet that's full of wonderful nuggets like this. 🤘

It’s a joyous song on an incredible album. Love your work and appreciate you sharing your experience. Thanks

Question for comments day: Justin, you mentioned, in a previous video, 3 Darkness songs you hate and shouldn't have been released. Two of the songs mentioned were on Hot Cakes, "With A Woman" and "Everybody Have A Good Time". Are you aware these are, by far, the two most streamed songs from Hot Cakes on Spotify? Does this change your mind about the songs? Whoever convinced you to add them, did they see something you didn't? Love the channel 🤘

This breaks my heart, picture it, early 2000s as a young man in my early 20s and a huge fan of AC-DC I found myself at a metallica concert in the RDS dublin because the wagnerian style of rock and metal was the only game in town in terms of guitar based rock (and i still love that style too). I had heard a song called growing on me by a British band from lowestoft called the darkness and I liked it, it had that swagger that rock had lost, and then at that concert in the RDS out walks justin hawkins, in a catsuit with a green visor type hat thing. Before I had heard a note I just knew this amount of "observe me" bravado meant this was going to be special, then your brother Dan opened up that black shuck riff, familiar but dirtier and nastier than any dirty deeds, that was a moment of rock n roll history as important to me as my first time seeing angus young. One hit wonders my arse, yourself and the darkness are in my opinion the most important and relevant entity in rock music today. And all joking aside I would just like to say thank you, I'm not being weird or throwing out fake social media praise. Just a genuine thanks for the music,

I don't give a fuck what people say. Your whole catalog is excellent and you had a huge influence on me as a teenager learning guitar and probably millions more! Love you, Juzzy.

A one hit wonder?! Where I’m from Love is Only a Feeling was playing on every radio station for months ❤

People who think The Darkness are a One-Hit Wonder band don’t know rock music. They are criminally underrated and have been for over a decade. I’d even go so far as to say they are coming out with their best music in the last few albums. Last of Our Kind, Pinewood Smile, Easter is Cancelled, and Motorheart are all EXCELLENT!

I remember, as Justin himself no doubt does, reading a Kerrang review of Permission To Land that described it as "playing like a Greatest Hits collection". And it does. Non-stop bangers from front to back. I didn't even know I Believe.. was the hit for years; I always thought it was "Growing On Me" as that seemed to be in much more regular rotation on t' telly. I'm sure "Love Is Only a Feeling" must have done pretty solid numbers too.

The one hit you had was pretty fucking big, yeah? Some people just can’t break out of the habit of only listening to billboard hits and being told what music is good music. I’m grateful for all the music you’ve shared with us. I get in a really good mood any time that song comes on the radio.

I’m grateful for it too! If not for it, I may never have come across you guys! You guys rock!

As someone once said, better to be one hit wonder than a no hit wonder. But as we all know, The Darkness consistently shit out Solid Gold.

HARD ON hahahaha I love all your cds I got them all.. you guys had me hooked since I believe in a thing called love.

I ❤ you. You seem really down to earth. I am not a musician but I love music. I appreciate how you break things down. Carry on please.

I love the song growing on me from that album also! It has such good chord progressions and a great beat!

I'm a no hit wonder who saw you in person when I was performing in another band at the Mercury awards in 2003 ... I thought you and your band were f****** awesome then ... I'd never seen energy like it. It still inspires me today.

FASCINATED by the industry Intel. Tell us everything. You're gorgeous btw

I do find it annoying when bands get called 'one-hit wonders' just because they only had 1 hit in the US. That's like saying Rage Against The Machine are one-hit wonders because Killing In The Name is their only big song around here

My mamma wants to know where I'm spending all my dough and all she does is nag nag nag... Darkness, permission to land..An absolute classic album.. I have many fond memories of seeing the darkness live and listening to their music.. More than a one hit wonder, Some excellent songs and live performances...

Lol I found out about you, your band, and this song due to the Game Karaoke Revolution! It was the hardest song my friends and I had to do cause we were platinuming every song! Love the song! Thanks for it man!

You sir, are an incredible inspiration and influence on me. I remember being 15 and learning how to play "i believe in a thing called love" and i just remember thinking, "this is how I write".... I have always had great respect for The Darkness and always will. I'll always stick up for your originality, authenticity, and balls. It's catchy, it's timeless, it's cunning. Much much love, from Ohio. {My favorite song is 'givin' up'} Dustin

I have no idea how I've never heard of you or The Darkness before. It's nuts. You and your band are amazing and f-ing rock. I love it. Oddly enough, i found you going down the Ren rabbit hole. Now im going down the Justin Hawkings rabbit hole. You are truly epic!

I bought the album after hearing “A Thing Called Love” on the radio….. talk about a gateway to more great songs!!

Good day to you all it’s Justin Fucking Hawkins Rides Againnnn 🎶🎶🎶

As a 10 year old, permission to land was the first album I could regularly listen to the whole way through from start to finish.

You know, somebody once told actor William Shatner he was a has-been. He replied, "It's better to be a has-been than a never-was."

What a really great way to put it. I am talking about comparing I believe in a thing called love being a happy meal and the others being a michelin star refined sort of thing. Very apt!

Like Afroman once said "how many hits do you need? just one! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA" bless his soul, and bless you and the song itself, when you have the range, is insanely fun to sing along to, cheers from Québec

😂 “I’m sorry I’m going to have to re-read that, my mind wondered” - I relate to that SO hard! 😂 hehe - I just said “so hard”… Nice Aviators, Justin! Blue suits you! 🥰

It's on my personal greatest songs of all time list. It's a genuinely important piece of music in my opinion. The song itself is great, but also the humor, serious guitar work etc. It's awesome.

Don't let the bells end ... !

Comment, algorithm, blah. Love your work man. Both musically, and more important to me personally, the humanity-based open honesty you're "putting out there" on this YT page. Keep up the good work Sir. You're one of life's good guys.

Easter is cancelled has my favourite darkness track on it !! Heart explodes! ❤❤❤❤

One Hit Wonder = has more hits than most of us!

Yes, The Darkness are known for that song but it is weird that people don’t at least take a listen to Permission To Land from which it was released. Easter Is Cancelled is amazing and every bit as good as PTL.

Justin you a refreshing sound that's pleasant upon the ear. Bravo 👏

Permission to Land is one of my favorite albums ever. You also can’t deny how knowledgeable Justin is of the music biz. He knows what’s up.

The Police singing ‘Sue Lawley’ is my favourite misheard lyric. I still belt out the words Sue Lawley when it comes on the radio. It fits perfectly.

Hey justin, when i first heard you way back when, i believe in a thing called love, first came out and ive loved you since! Youre brilliant and you're not a one hit wonder, i love all your music. Keep on keeping on ❤

Ha! That first 'Eahrrr' got me right in the ear hole and made me laugh. Rest of the video good as usual. Cheers Justin.

I believe in a thing called love transcends generations and musical preferences, “the kids” today get it, appreciate it and love it just as it is. I love Creep, but it’s really of it’s time, I associate it to that time personally and feel what i felt then, but it hits really different if you hear it for the first time today. And the term one hit wonder I think is largely used by certain people who don’t realise there’s other charts in other places, and by people who don’t actually “listen” to music. I was reading through a one hit wonder list the other day, and I had multiple albums and knew multiple fantastic releases from the artists, but it was just based on a certain country’s charts. I even disagreed on some of Beato’s one hit lists, though he at least recognises that it s to his taste/charts. Better to have one hit, than none, and in a time when charts were real, unlike todays stacked up nonsense.

The chorus of ‘love is only a feeling’ and when you say ‘guitar’ on ‘I believe ...’ are too of my favourite moments in recorded music. Thank you, Master.

Very well said. One "Hit" wonder focuses heavily on the Hit aspect of catering to the lowest possible denominator of a mass audience of varying tastes. Happy Meal it is.

That's one more hit than 99.99% of musicians have. Of course you should have dozens more but that's just because the industry has no taste these days. I think your theme song is a hit though. I'm always singing it to myself.

Love that song. Favorite on permission to land is givin up. Love the motorheart record btw. Keep doing what you enjoy cheers

A truly original song that comes from the Heart is fully capable of deeply moving us all, like for example "Ice, Ice Baby".

I love your sense of fashion. Do you shop for your own clothes or do you have a stylist? Also, how involved are you in the design/color or your catsuits?

I remember watching "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" early in the mornings getting ready for school as a teenager, when they would play actual music on MTV lol. Cool you have a youtube channel

It’s better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all!🕺🏽

I had never really listened to your music before discovering this channel. It made me want to know more and I went to listen to your latest songs. And you know what? Since then I listen to Motorheart on a loop and... I even ended up buying the CD! I love the energy, the humor, the musical mastery, the voice, the harmonies, the riffs, the influences, the mix of classical and modern. Keep going !

Love hearing you talk about authentic music 🎼💜🔥.... And Yes Right On Brother 💜🔥🤘 It's True the discerning listener would hear the difference 💜🔥

"I believe in a thing called love" rocks! More please! Can we send in our personal songs for you to cover? If only pop-covers; do Jethro-Tull

Best on the NET 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 thxs for riding again Justin From AZ

An absolute belter of a tune !!!!!

Problem child...one of my all time fave tunes....great riffs, lyrics, singing and solos

I'm sure that like me, thousands of people who watches your channel are bedroom musicians who have tried over and over again to write a song that hopefully will connect with millions of people around the world, and we have failed every time. I'm a guitarist and you have no idea how many times I've played 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' and thought 'GOD I WISH I HAD WRITTEN THIS FCKN RIFF', it's just so cool and so easy to headbang to 🤘. For me anyone who can write riffs like that earns my instant respect, because it seems so easy but when you try it you realize how hard it is.

Imagine if you wrote Stairway to Heaven , Bohemian Rhapsody, or Scenes from an Italian Restaurant and someone said, yeah, well else you got? These songs are masterpieces and if that was the only song you ever wrote, that would be plenty good enough.

U we’re successful in the music business and u made it in life, One hit wonder whatever it doesn’t matter u did better then most out there 👍

I believe in a thing called love always popped up on kerrang when i was a child, i always stopped infront of the telly to watch the video becuase it was bonkers. i rediscovered it last year after trying to describe the music video to my boyfriend, he said i made it up but after a bit of thinking i remembered the tital .i've been in love with it, i love listening to it, singing along to it, i think i sound great but all my boyfriend can say is "well you're loud". it always brightens my spirits, it makes me feel so queer and like i can do anything. you're voice is amazing and your confidence is infectious thank you

You're the best, Justin! 🙂 You make me laugh every time.

I saw you in Sydney, AU recently and think that crowd reax showed you’ve had many hits here too

'Love is only a feeling' is the best song of all time.

Love is a Only Feeling was quite a big hit here in Finland. I remember visiting in 2004 or so at big radio station here in Finland with school class and we were introduced playing list. Songs were categorized which meant some songs were played more often than others. I remember seeing Love Is Only A Feeling in category A (or A- or so). Somehow the Darkness is quite a forgotten band here by the masses compared your popularity back then.

Eerm your Christmas hit was massive xD Remains for me the latest Christmas song in my festive repertoire.

Just yesterday we came across a commercial that had „ I believe in a thing called love“ in it…. And as exciting it was to see your music out there- we were shaking our heads- don’t they know that there are so many more very good songs by the Darkness they could use😜

I would love to see a tattoo tour video! I've been so focused on them in this

The more i hear of your music, the more i really love it. Great lyrics. I love the way in which you use language!

Ha! One hit wonder! How silly. Every song you’ve released has been an absolute anthem and I’m literally using I Believe In A Thing as the song first used once I’ve said my vows to my fiancé in August. Absolute legend you are!

As a young boy growing up in Scotland, Hazel Eyes really resonated with me and I'm not entirely sure why. Can you tell us a bit about your inspiration for writing that song?

Day 36 of asking for the Stranglers at Battersea Park 1978

I feel like you guys had three massive hits. Growing on Me and Christmas Time was huge.

My saying: "You can make fun of a one-hit wonder, but they got one more than you."

I will tell you this much, I believe in a thing called love, is my absolutely favourite song of all time. every time it comes on I sing my damn heart out and the guitar is absolutely smashing! amazing song