I Believe In Love — Polyrhythmics & Lucky Brown Lyrics

Song Facts:

• Genre: Funk/Soul


• Featured Artist: Lucky Brown


• Lyricist: Polyrhythmics & Lucky Brown


• Composers: Polyrhythmics & Lucky Brown


• Awards/Nominations: Not specified


• Soundtrack: Mentioned in the series "Monkey Man" soundtrack

Annotations and Meaning:

"It sets you free. 'I Believe in Love' - because of the active cooperation of Polyrhythmics with Lucky Brown, the composition has turned into a rhythmic solid declaration of the most influential power on Earth - love. The track, presented in the form of call and response, involves the listener not passively in the course of their listening but welcomes each to a kind of communal experience similar to what classic funk and soul performances offered.
Opening lines like 'Come on people / Do you believe in love? / You got to step aside / You know you'll fall for anything' seemed to speak volume about some call for action. It challenges the listener to do more than just receive love but also to interact with love, moving even beyond cynicism or disbelief. That is the point of 'you'll fall for anything' if you don't stand for something (in this case, love). It continues to carry on with a larger message about commitment and the importance of standing on something solid in one's life.

This is where, as the song develops, the repetitious evocation 'I believe in love' functions not solely as a floating example of a hook in the lyrics but rather as an affirmation. This repetition only further serves to solidify the firm belief that is at the core of the song—that belief in the power and necessity of love that calls on the hearers of the music to lend their voices to that belief, furthering its strength and reach.

Inviting one first to 'sing,' and then, should one believe in love, to 'scream' raises the performance of the song from merely that to a participatory event with its listeners, inviting them to express their belief in love with volume and vigor. It seems this could be metaphorical for one advocating for love: not just feeling love within, but also airing it out to the rest of the world.

The instrumental part, named '[Jam],' can connote a moment of experiment and musical freedom that can quite easily reflect the liberating feel which usually comes through the acceptance and free expression of love."