Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – I Hate Myself for Loving You

Official Video for “I Hate Myself For Loving You” by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

“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)
Released: June 1988
Songwriters: Joan Jett, Desmond Child
Producers: Desmond Child, Kenny Laguna
Charted No.8 in US and No.46 in UK

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.

Mick Taylor, who was the lead guitarist in The Rolling Stones in the early ’70s, played guitar on this track, including the solo.

Chorus:
I hate myself for loving you
Can’t break free from the the things that you do
I wanna walk but I run back to you
That’s why I hate myself for loving you
Ow, uh

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