Love and Anger (song)

"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 and was Bush's only chart-topper on any US chart until 2022. The song features Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist, David Gilmour.

"Love and Anger"
Single by Kate Bush
from the album The Sensual World
B-side
  • "Ken"
  • "The Confrontation"
  • "One Last Look Around the House Before We Go"
  • "Walk Straight Down the Middle"
Released26 February 1990 (1990-02-26)[1]
Genre
Length4:41
Label
Songwriter(s)Kate Bush
Producer(s)Kate Bush
Kate Bush singles chronology
"This Woman's Work"
(1989)		 "Love and Anger"
(1990)		 "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)"
(1991)
Music video
"Love and Anger" on YouTube

"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.

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".

Music video

The video for "Love And Anger" was directed by Bush.

Track listings

7-inch and cassette single (UK)

No.TitleLength
1."Love and Anger"4:37
2."Ken"3:50

12-inch and CD single (UK and Germany)

No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

Charts
Chart (1989–1990) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 145
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[4] 99
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 38
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[6] 1

All-time charts
All-time chart performance for "Love and Anger"
Chart Position
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[7] 78

See also

References
  1. "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 24 February 1990. p. 39. Retrieved 21 August 2021. Misprinted as 23 February on source.
  2. "Kate Bush: her 31 UK singles from worst to best". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2014-06-17". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015 – via Imgur.
  4. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 11. 17 March 1990. p. V. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  6. "Kate Bush Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. "Greatest of All Time Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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