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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 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kate Bush | |||
| Producer(s) | Kate Bush | |||
| Kate Bush singles chronology | ||||
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| "Love and Anger" on YouTube | ||||
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Love and Anger
Kate Bush
Label: EMI · · Productor: Kate Bush
"Love and Anger" is a song written and performed by 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 and was Bush`s only chart-topper on any US chart until 2022. The song features Pink Floyd member David Gilmour on guitar.
"Love and Anger" was also Bush`s debut single on her new US label, Columbia Records.
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"Love and Anger" is a song written and performed by 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 and was Bush`s only chart-topper on any US chart until 2022. The song features Pink Floyd member David Gilmour on guitar.
"Love and Anger" was also Bush`s debut single on her new US label, Columbia Records.
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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-inch 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
| This section needs expansion with: a synopsis of the video. You can help by adding to it. (May 2018) |
The video for "Love and Anger" was directed by Bush.[3]
Track listings
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love and Anger" | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Ken" (from The Comic Strip film "GLC") | 3:48 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love and Anger" | 4:41 |
| 2. | "Ken" (from The Comic Strip film "GLC") | 3:48 |
| 3. | "The Confrontation" | 2:56 |
| 4. | "One Last Look Around the House Before We Go..." | 1:00 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love and Anger" | |
| 2. | "Walk Straight Down the Middle" |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love and Anger" | |
| 2. | "Be Kind to My Mistakes" |
Personnel
Personnel are lifted from The Sensual World album booklet.[10]
- Kate Bush – writing, lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, production
- Paddy Bush – backing vocals, valiha
- Dave Gilmour – guitar
- John Giblin – bass
- Stuart Elliott – drums
- Del Palmer – Fairlight percussion programming, recording
- Paul Gomersall – additional recording
- Kevin Killen – additional recording, mixing
- Haydn Bendall – additional recording
Charts
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
|
See also
- List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1980s
"Love and Anger" is a song written and performed by 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 and was Bush`s only chart-topper on any US chart until 2022. The song features Pink Floyd member David Gilmour on guitar.
"Love and Anger" was also Bush`s debut single on her new US label, Columbia Records.
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-inch 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
| This section needs expansion with: a synopsis of the video. You can help by adding to it. (May 2018) |
The video for "Love and Anger" was directed by Bush.[3]
Track listings
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love and Anger" | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Ken" (from The Comic Strip film "GLC") | 3:48 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love and Anger" | 4:41 |
| 2. | "Ken" (from The Comic Strip film "GLC") | 3:48 |
| 3. | "The Confrontation" | 2:56 |
| 4. | "One Last Look Around the House Before We Go..." | 1:00 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love and Anger" | |
| 2. | "Walk Straight Down the Middle" |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love and Anger" | |
| 2. | "Be Kind to My Mistakes" |
Personnel
Personnel are lifted from The Sensual World album booklet.[10]
- Kate Bush – writing, lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, production
- Paddy Bush – backing vocals, valiha
- Dave Gilmour – guitar
- John Giblin – bass
- Stuart Elliott – drums
- Del Palmer – Fairlight percussion programming, recording
- Paul Gomersall – additional recording
- Kevin Killen – additional recording, mixing
- Haydn Bendall – additional recording
Charts
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
|
See also
- List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1980s
