Love and Anger (song)

"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 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 member David Gilmour on guitar.

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

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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".^{[citation needed]}

Music video

The video for "Love and Anger" was directed by Bush.^[3]

Track listings

7-inch and cassette single^[4]^[5]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love and Anger"	4:37
2.	"Ken" (from The Comic Strip film "GLC")	3:48

12-inch and CD single^[6]^[7]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love and Anger"	4:41
2.	"Ken" (from The Comic Strip film "GLC")	3:48
3.	"The Confrontation"	2:56
4.	"One Last Look Around the House Before We Go..."	1:00

US cassette single^[8]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love and Anger"
2.	"Walk Straight Down the Middle"

Canadian cassette single^[9]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love and Anger"
2.	"Be Kind to My Mistakes"

Personnel

Personnel are lifted from The Sensual World album booklet.^[10]

Kate Bush – writing, lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, production
Paddy Bush – backing vocals, valiha
Dave Gilmour – guitar
John Giblin – bass
Stuart Elliott – drums
Del Palmer – Fairlight percussion programming, recording
Paul Gomersall – additional recording
Kevin Killen – additional recording, mixing
Haydn Bendall – additional recording

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[11]	145
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[12]	99
UK Singles (OCC)^[13]	38
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[14]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)^[15]	9

References

^ "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 24 February 1990. p. 39. Retrieved 21 August 2021. Misprinted as 23 February on source.
^ "Kate Bush: her 31 UK singles from worst to best". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
^ "Video Track". Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 44. 4 November 1989. p. 67.
^ Kate Bush (1990). Love and Anger (UK 7-inch single vinyl disc). EMI Records. EM 134.
^ Kate Bush (1990). Love and Anger (UK cassette single sleeve). EMI Records. TCEM 134.
^ Kate Bush (1990). Love and Anger (UK 12-inch single vinyl disc). EMI Records. 12EM 134.
^ Kate Bush (1990). Love and Anger (UK CD single liner notes). EMI Records. CDEM 134, 20 3753 2.
^ Kate Bush (1989). Love and Anger (US cassette single sleeve). Columbia Records. 38T 73092.
^ Kate Bush (1989). Love and Anger (Canadian cassette single sleeve). Capitol Records. 4JM 73108.
^ Kate Bush (1989). The Sensual World (US CD album booklet). Columbia Records. CK 44164.
^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2014-06-17". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015 – via Imgur.
^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 11. 17 March 1990. p. V. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^ "Kate Bush Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ "The Year in Music 1989: Hot Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 102, no. 51. 22 December 1990. p. YE-47.

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Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	The Kick Inside Lionheart Never for Ever The Dreaming Hounds of Love The Sensual World The Red Shoes Aerial Director's Cut 50 Words for Snow
Extended plays	On Stage Kate Bush Aspects of the Sensual World Eat the Music
Singles	"Wuthering Heights" "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" "Them Heavy People" "Moving" "Hammer Horror" "Wow" "Symphony in Blue" "Strange Phenomena" "Breathing" "Babooshka" "Army Dreamers" "December Will Be Magic Again" "Sat in Your Lap" "The Dreaming" "There Goes a Tenner" "Suspended in Gaffa" "Ne t'enfuis pas" "Night of the Swallow" "Running Up That Hill" "Cloudbusting" "Hounds of Love" "The Big Sky" "Don't Give Up" "Experiment IV" "The Sensual World" "This Woman's Work" "Love and Anger" "Rocket Man" "Rubberband Girl" "Eat the Music" "Moments of Pleasure" "The Red Shoes" "The Man I Love" "And So Is Love" "King of the Mountain" "Lyra" "Deeper Understanding" "Wild Man"
Live albums	Live at the Hammersmith Odeon Before the Dawn
Compilation albums	The Single File Kate Bush The Whole Story This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990 The Other Sides
Videos	Live at the Hammersmith Odeon The Single File The Hair of the Hound The Whole Story The Sensual World: The Videos The Line, the Cross and the Curve
Concerts	The Tour of Life Before the Dawn
Related articles	The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever David Gilmour

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