Love It When You Hate Me

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"Love It When You Hate Me"
Single by Avril Lavigne featuring Blackbear
from the album Love Sux
B-side"Bite Me"
ReleasedJanuary 14, 2022 (2022-01-14)
GenrePop punk
Length2:25
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Avril Lavigne singles chronology
"Bite Me"
(2021) 		"Love It When You Hate Me"
(2022)
Blackbear singles chronology
"@ My Worst"
(2021) 		"Love It When You Hate Me"
(2022)
Music video
"Love It When You Hate Me" on YouTube

"Love It When You Hate Me" is a song by Canadian singer Avril Lavigne featuring American singer Blackbear. It was released on January 14, 2022, through Elektra Records as the second single from Lavigne's seventh studio album, Love Sux (2022). The song debuted at number 76 on the Canadian Hot 100.

Background[]

"Love It When You Hate Me" was released the same day as Lavigne announced the title, release date and track list of Love Sux.[1]

Promotion[]

In the United States, "Love It When You Hate Me" was sent to contemporary hit radio on January 25, 2022 and to adult contemporary radio on February 7, 2022.[2][3] It was also sent to Italian radio.[4]

Critical reception[]

Ali Shutner from NME described "Love It When You Hate Me" as a "pop-punk banger",[5] and Emily Carter writing for Kerrang! noted that the song "hears the Canadian star embracing nostalgic pop-punk in the chorus – 'The highs the lows the yes, the nos / You're so hot when you get cold / Don't call me baby / I love it when you hate me' – and fresher elements in the verses."[6]

Commercial performance[]

On Spotify, "Love It When You Hate Me" debuted with over 1.07 million first day streams, debuting at number 96 on the Top Global Songs chart and number 5 on the Top Rock Global chart.

"Love It When You Hate Me" debuted at number 76 on Canadian Hot 100 with streams of 354,175 on Spotify, it was Lavigne's 20th entry on the chart and Blackbear's ninth entry on the chart. It also peaked at number 26 on the Canadian Digital Song Sales chart.[7] In the United States, the song debuted at number 15 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart with 617,792 streams on Spotify, it debuted at number 40 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart, it was Lavigne's first entry on the chart since her 2013 single "Here's to Never Growing Up", and it debuted at number 16 on the Rock Digital Song Sales chart and number 14 on the Hot Alternative Songs chart. On the Adult Top 40 chart the song debuted at number 33.[7] In the United Kingdom the song peaked at number 40 on the UK Singles Sales Chart and garnered 77,760 first day streams on Spotify. In New Zealand, the song did not enter the official chart but it peaked at number nine on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart.

Music video[]

The official music video for "Love It When You Hate Me" was directed by Audrey Ellis Fox and was released on March 5, 2022. It opens up with Avril being chased by paparazzi after a prison sentence due to "falling in love too many times". The video mainly shows Lavigne, Blackbear and Barker performing inside of a prison cell with dancing female inmates. The ending showed Lavigne flipping off the press following her release for bad behavior.[8]

Track listing[]

  • Digital download[9]
  1. "Love It When You Hate Me" (featuring Blackbear) – 2:25
  • Streaming (explicit)[10]
  1. "Love It When You Hate Me" (featuring Blackbear) – 2:25
  2. "Bite Me" – 2:39
  3. "Bite Me" (acoustic) – 3:09
  • Streaming (clean)[11]
  1. "Love It When You Hate Me" (featuring Blackbear) – 2:25
  2. "Bite Me" – 2:39

Credits and personnel[]

Credits and personnel are adapted from the Love Sux album liner notes.[12]

  • Avril Lavigne – vocals, writer
  • John Feldmann – writer, producer, guitar, bass
  • Derek "Mod Sun" Smith – writer, producer
  • Matthew Musto – writer, vocals
  • Travis Barker – producer, drums
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Dylan McLean – additional production and engineering, additional guitar and bass
  • Scot Stewart – additional production and engineering, additional guitar and bass
  • Michael Bono – additional production and engineering, additional guitar and bass
  • Josh Thornberry – additional production and engineering
  • Cameron Mizell – additional production and engineering
  • Hero DeLano – additional production and engineering
  • Kevin Thrash – additional engineering
  • Andrew Goldstein – additional engineering
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering

Charts[]

Chart performance for "Love It When You Hate Me"
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[13] 76
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[14] 40
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[15] 41
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[16] 9
UK Download (OCC)[17] 40
UK Singles Sales (OCC)[18] 40
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[19] 18
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[20] 15
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[21] 27

Release history[]

Release dates and formats for "Love It When You Hate Me"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Various January 14, 2022
  • DTA
  • Elektra
 [1]
Italy Radio airplay Warner [4]
United States January 25, 2022 Contemporary hit radio
  • DTA
  • Elektra
 [2]
February 7, 2022 Adult contemporary radio [3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Avril Lavigne Previews New LP 'Love Sux' With 'Love It When You Hate Me'". Rolling Stone. January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Top 40/M Future Releases | Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates ..." allaccess.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases | Hot Adult Contemporary Rock Songs and Release Dates | ..." allaccess.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Tenaglia, Raffaella (January 14, 2022). "Avril Lavigne - Love It When You Hate Me (feat. blackbear) (Radio Date: 14-01-2022)". earone.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on January 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "Listen to Avril Lavigne's pop-punk anthem 'Love It When You Hate Me'". NME. January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  6. ^ "Listen to Avril Lavigne's and Blackbear's infectious new single Love It When You Hate Me". Kerrang. January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Avril Lavigne". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  8. ^ Avril Lavigne (March 4, 2022). "TOMORROW…. "Love It When You Hate Me"