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)"
Released	June 1988
Genre	Hard rock
Length	4:07
Label	Blackheart
Songwriter(s)	Desmond Child, Joan Jett
Producer(s)	Desmond Child, Kenny Laguna
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts singles chronology
"Light of Day" (1987) "I Hate Myself for Loving You" (1988) "Little Liar" (1988)
"Light of Day" (1987) "I Hate Myself for Loving You" (1988) "Little Liar" (1988)

"I Hate Myself for Loving You" is a 1988 song from Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and the first single from the album Up Your Alley. The song reached No. 8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100,^[1] Jett's third single to reach the Top 10, but 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).

Former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor played the guitar solo in the song.^[2] One of the backing vocalists featured on the Up Your Alley album was Louie Merlino, later the founder of the band Beggars & Thieves. Merlino did backing vocals on countless songs that were written or co-written by Desmond Child. When Las Vegas, Nevada-based band Sin City Sinners has Merlino singing with them, it is not uncommon for them to cover this song.

For this song, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts received a nomination at the 31st Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

The single charted No. 39 on rock digital songs in Sep 10, 2011.

Chart performance

Appearances

• It is featured in the 2008 music video game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.
• It is featured in the Broadway musical Rock of Ages.
• It is featured in the films Rounders and Kick-Ass 2.
• The song was reworked for the NBC Sunday Night Football opening theme, with new lyrics for the chorus, as well as lyrics altered weekly, depending on what teams were playing. It was performed by Pink in 2006, Faith Hill from 2007 until 2012, and Carrie Underwood since the 2013 season. The 2013 version also introduced a change to the bassline. It was replaced by Miranda Lambert's "Something Bad" starting on 9/11/2016 with the New England Patriots at the Arizona Cardinals in University of Phoenix Stadium.
• The Peck Band: The Movie : The Real Life

The song made an appearance in the When Peck This sounds At Concert.

• The song is featured in the 2009 film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
• The song has a Cantonese version performed by HK-pop singer Andy Lau.
• The adapted version of this song has appeared at the end of Faith Hilling, season 16 episode 3 of American animated television series South Park.
• The song is featured in the 2018 film Ready Player One.

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics