I Hate Myself for Loving You

"I Hate Myself for Loving You" is a song by American rock band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, released as the lead single from their sixth studio album, Up Your Alley (1988). The song reached number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100, Jett's third and last single to reach the top 10, and was her first since "Crimson and Clover" in 1982. The song spent six weeks longer on the charts than did the group's biggest hit, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (which was on the chart for 20 weeks). On September 10, 2011, the single reached number 39 on the US Rock Digital Songs chart.[2]

For the album by Van Leer, see I Hate Myself (For Loving You).

"I Hate Myself for Loving You"
Single by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
from the album Up Your Alley
B-side"Love Is a Pain" (live)
"I Can't Control Myself"
(non-album track)
ReleasedJune 1988
GenreHard rock[1]
Length4:07
LabelBlackheart
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts singles chronology
"Light of Day"
(1987)		 "I Hate Myself for Loving You"
(1988)		 "Little Liar"
(1988)

Former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor played the guitar solo in the song.[3] One of the backing vocalists featured on the Up Your Alley album was Louie Merlino, later the founder of the band Beggars & Thieves.

Cash Box called it "a mean, growling performance from the high-flying Jett" in which "over a craggy landscape of heavy guitars she exudes a sexual anger and power."[4]

The song received a nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 31st Grammy Awards.

A cover of The Troggs' song "I Can't Control Myself" was featured as a B-side on the CD single, a non-album track.[5]

The song was adapted for NBC Sunday Night Football, named "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night" with Carrie Underwood (previously Pink and Faith Hill) on vocal and Joan Jett on guitar.

The song was used in the opening scene of Harley Quinn moving on after her breakup with the Joker in Birds of Prey and for the Season 5 trailer for Big Mouth.

Taiwanese amateur composer Pei-Li Sun had extracted the chorus of this song for his solo work for the zhongruan named Zhongruan Rock, written in 1993 and revised on 2008.[6]

Personnel

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Additional musicians

Charts

References
  1. Deusner, Stephen (February 18, 2017). "We're all livin' on a prayer: How a hair band anthem from the least cool '80s rockers became a classic". Salon. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  2. "Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Chart History (Rock Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  3. Wissmuller, Christian (Oct/Nov 2007) "Mick Taylor: Soul Survivor". Jazzed Magazine.
  4. "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. June 18, 1988. p. 8. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  5. "Joan Jett And The Blackhearts* - I Hate Myself For Loving You". Discogs. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  6. Digital Score Centre for Chinese Music - Zhongruan Rock, by Pei-Li Sun
  7. "RPM 100 Singles" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 49, no. 2. October 2, 1988. p. 6. ISSN 0315-5994. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  8. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Joan Jett the Blackhearts" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
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  11. "Discos más populares de Latinoamérica". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish): 73. June 4, 1988. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
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