Love and Anger (song)
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"Love and Anger" | ||||
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Single by Kate Bush | ||||
from the album The Sensual World | ||||
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Released | 26 February 1990[1] | |||
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Length | 4:41 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Kate Bush | |||
Producer(s) | Kate Bush | |||
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"Love and Anger" on YouTube |
"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 sixth studio album, The Sensual World (1989), on 26 February 1990 and peaked at No. 38 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1989, Bush's only chart-topper on any US chart. The song features Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist, David Gilmour.[citation needed]
"Love and Anger" was also Bush's debut single on her new US label, Columbia Records. EMI America allegedly "forgot" to renew her contract, so Columbia picked her up.[citation needed]
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".[citation needed]
Music video[]
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The video for "Love And Anger" was directed by Bush.
Track listings[]
7-inch and cassette single (UK) EMG 134 (limited edition, gatefold picture sleeve with photo insert and lyrics)
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Love and Anger" | 4:41 |
2. | "Ken" | 3:50 |
12" and CD single (UK and Germany)
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
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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 |
Personnel[]
- Kate Bush – lead and backing vocals, piano
- Paddy Bush – valiha, backing vocals
- Del Palmer – Fairlight CMI percussion programming
- David Gilmour – electric guitar
- John Giblin – bass guitar
- Stuart Elliott – drums
Charts[]
Chart (1989–1990) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[3] | 145 |
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[4] | 99 |
UK Singles (OCC)[5] | 38 |
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[6] | 1 |
See also[]
- List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1980s
References[]
- ^ "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 24 February 1990. p. 39. Retrieved 21 August 2021. Misprinted as 23 February on source.
- ^ "Kate Bush: her 31 UK singles from worst to best". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2014-06-17". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015 – via Imgur.
- ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7 no. 11. 17 March 1990. p. V. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Kate Bush Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
External links[]
- Kate Bush songs
- 1989 songs
- 1990 singles
- Capitol Records singles
- EMI Records singles
- Ken Livingstone
- Songs written by Kate Bush