Love and Anger
| "Love and Anger" | |||||||
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| Single by Kate Bush | |||||||
| from the album The Sensual World | |||||||
| B-side |
"Ken" "The Confrontation" "One Last Look around the House before We Go" | ||||||
| Released | 26 February 1990 | ||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, CD, Cassette | ||||||
| Recorded | 1986-1989 | ||||||
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| Length | 4:41 | ||||||
| Label |
EMI (except U.S.) Columbia Records (U.S.) | ||||||
| Writer(s) | Kate Bush | ||||||
| Producer(s) | Kate Bush | ||||||
| Kate Bush singles chronology | |||||||
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"Love and Anger" is a song written and performed by the British singer Kate Bush. It was the third and final single to be released from her album The Sensual World in 1990, and peaked at no.38 on UK Singles Chart.[2] The song also reached no.1 on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart,[3] Bush's only chart-topper on any U.S. chart.
"Love and Anger" was also Bush's debut single on her new U.S. label, Columbia Records. EMI America allegedly "forgot" to renew her contract, so Columbia picked her up.
B-sides
The B-sides on the single were "Ken", "One Last Look around the House before We Go" and "The Confrontation", the latter two of which are instrumentals and were only available on the CD release and 12" version of this single. All three songs were written for the episode GLC: The Carnage Continues... of the British TV program The Comic Strip. "Ken" was the theme music for the episode's parody of a Hollywood action movie about British politician Ken Livingstone, whom Bush describes in the song as a 'funky sex machine'.
Music video
The video for "Love And Anger" was directed by Bush.
Cover
Nada Surf performed this single.[4]
Track listings
- 7" and Cassette single (UK)
EMG 134 (limited edition, gatefold picture sleeve with photo insert and lyrics)
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love and Anger" | 4:41 |
| 2. | "Ken" | 3:50 |
- 12" and CD single (UK and Germany)
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love and Anger" | 4:41 |
| 2. | "Ken" | 3:50 |
| 3. | "The Confrontation" | 2:58 |
| 4. | "One Last Look Around the House Before We Go" | 1:03 |
- CD promo (US)
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love and Anger" | 4:41 |
| 2. | "Walk Straight Down the Middle" | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Love and Anger" | 4:41 |
| 4. | "Walk Straight Down the Middle" | 3:48 |
Chart performance
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[3] | 1 |
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
| UK Singles Chart[2] | 38 |
| Australian ARIA singles chart[5] | 145 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Kate Bush: her 31 UK singles from worst to best". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Chart Stats - Kate Bush - Love And Anger". Retrieved 18 February 2009.
- 1 2 "allmusic - Kate Bush - Billboard singles". Retrieved 18 February 2009. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Nada Surf Cover Kate Bush". youtube. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2014-06-17". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
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