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 album The Sensual World in 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, Bush's only chart-topper on any US chart.

"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 (UK)
Recorded1986-1989
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/Candle in the Wind"
(1991)
Audio sample
  • file
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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" 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" and cassette single (UK) EMG 134 (limited edition, gatefold picture sleeve with photo insert and lyrics)

No.TitleLength
1."Love and Anger"4:41
2."Ken"3:50

12" 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

CD promo (US)

No.TitleLength
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

Charts
Chart (1989–1990) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 145
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] 38
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[4] 1

See also
  • List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1980s

References
  1. "Kate Bush: her 31 UK singles from worst to best". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2014-06-17". Imgur. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  4. "Kate Bush Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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