"Love and Anger" is a song written and performed by the British singer

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. It was the third and final single to be released from her sixth studio album, ''

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'' (1989), on 26 February 1990 and peaked at 38 on the

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. The song also reached No. 1 on the US ''Billboard''

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chart in 1989 and was Bush's only chart-topper on any US chart until 2022. The song features

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guitarist and vocalist,

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. "Love and Anger" was also Bush's debut single on her new US label,

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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 ''

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''. "Ken" was the theme music for the episode's parody of a Hollywood

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about British politician

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, 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) 12-inch and CD single (UK and Germany)

Personnel

– lead and backing vocals, piano *

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, backing vocals *

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percussion programming *

– electric guitar *

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– bass guitar * Stuart Elliott – drums

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control Kate Bush songs 1989 songs 1990 singles Capitol Records singles EMI Records singles Ken Livingstone Songs written by Kate Bush