--- --- # Hear ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’ Reimagined as a New Orleans Jazz Tune  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Apr 27, 2015 4:35 PM UTC  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Apr 27, 2015 4:35 PM UTC Scott Bradlee has an ear for reinvention. The composer behind [Postmodern Jukebox](http://postmodernjukebox.com/) can hear a [1970s-inspired rock song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYNYb30nxU) performed by a frontman in a bell-bottomed unitard, for example, and breathe new life into it as a New Orleans jazz ditty. This cover of the Darkness’ 2003 hit “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” is a perfect example of how Postmodern Jukebox keeps listeners on their toes through the unexpected nature of its genre mash-ups. Fans of _The Voice_ might recognize singer Maiya Sykes from her early elimination on the show’s seventh season. With a horn section and upright bass replacing the original song’s flamboyant guitar solos, the cover conjures a smoky after-hours club from decades past. Postmodern Jukebox’s U.S. tour begins this week. The Darkness, incidentally, will release a new album June 1. "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" Covered as New Orleans Jazz Tune ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3836608/i-believe-in-a-thing-called-love-jazz-cover/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3836608/i-believe-in-a-thing-called-love-jazz-cover/"},"headline":"Hear ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’ Reimagined as a New Orleans Jazz Tune","datePublished":"2015-04-27T16:35:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:10.429Z","description":"The Darkness gets a swinging Big Easy makeover","url":"https://time.com/3836608/i-believe-in-a-thing-called-love-jazz-cover/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","new orleans","covers"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3836608/i-believe-in-a-thing-called-love-jazz-cover/","name":"Hear ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’ Reimagined as a New Orleans Jazz Tune"}}]}] ```