"Love and Anger" is a song written and performed by British singer Kate Bush. It was released as the third and final single from her sixth studio album, The Sensual World (1989), on 26 February 1990 in the United Kingdom, peaking at 38 on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it received airplay in 1989 and reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart that December—it 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 Bush's first single on her new US label, Columbia Records.
B-sides The B-sides on the single are "Ken", "One Last Look Around the House Before We Go" and "The Confrontation", the latter two of which are instrumentals and are 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
Personnel Personnel are lifted from The Sensual World album booklet.
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)PeakpositionAustralia (ARIA)145Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 99
Year-end charts Chart (1990)PositionUS Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)9
Release history RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)United Kingdom26 February 1990EMI Misprinted as 23 February on source.Australia21 May 1990
See also List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1980s
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