"Different Kind of Love" was written by U.K singer/songwriter Leon Else with Ben Berger and Ryan McMahon of Los Angeles production duo Captain Cuts.[1][2] It would have been Third Degree's winner's single for the fifth season of The X Factor, if they had won the show. However, they finished in fourth place.[3] On 1 November 2013, it was announced that Third Degree had signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia along with second and third place Taylor Henderson and Jai Waetford.[1] "Different Kind of Love" was released digitally as their debut single later that day.[4] A CD single was released on 8 November.[5]