Love and Anger (song) explained

Love and Anger
Cover:Kate Bush - Love and Anger.png
Type:single
Artist:Kate Bush
Album:The Sensual World
B-Side:
  • "Ken"
  • "The Confrontation"
  • "One Last Look Around the House Before We Go..."
Released:[1]
Genre:
Length:4:41
Label:EMI
Producer:Kate Bush
Prev Title:This Woman's Work
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
Next Year:1991

"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 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 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.[3]

Personnel

Personnel are lifted from The Sensual World album booklet.[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989–1990)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 145
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[6] 99

Year-end charts

See also

Notes and References

  1. New Singles. Music Week. 39. 24 February 1990. 21 August 2021. Misprinted as 23 February on source.
  2. Web site: Kate Bush: her 31 UK singles from worst to best . The Telegraph. 26 August 2014 . London . 5 May 2016.
  3. Video Track. Billboard. 101. 44. 67. 4 November 1989.
  4. The Sensual World. The Sensual World. Kate Bush. 1989. US CD album booklet. Columbia Records. CK 44164.
  5. Web site: Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2014-06-17. Imgur. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020821/http://i.imgur.com/9AQCjII.jpg. 29 November 2014. 1 November 2015.
  6. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 7. 11. V. 17 March 1990. 18 June 2021.
  7. The Year in Music 1989: Hot Modern Rock Tracks. Billboard. 102. 51. YE-47. 22 December 1990.