| Love Rears Its Ugly Head | |
| Cover: | Living_Colour_Love_Rears_Its_Ugly_Head.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Living Colour |
| Album: | Time's Up |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Recorded: | 1989–1990 |
| Length: | 4:19 |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Ed Stasium |
| Prev Title: | Type |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Solace of You |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
"Love Rears Its Ugly Head" is a single released by Living Colour in 1990 from their second album Time's Up.
It is in the style of most of the group's previous singles, a rock song with touches of R&B, especially in the vocals. It is most noted for its funk-style guitar parts that permeate throughout the entire song. It takes a sample from the song Lush Life by Nat King Cole. The music video features Cynthia Bailey of The Real Housewives of Atlanta fame.
The track peaked at number 8 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States and, in a heavily remixed form with re-recorded vocals and less of a rock influence, became the band's biggest hit single in the UK, peaking at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.
| Chart (1991) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart[1] | 10 | |
| Dutch Top 40[2] | 16 | |
| UK Singles[3] | 12 | |
| US Billboard Album Rock Tracks[4] | align=center | 28 |
| US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[5] | 8 |