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 Bush's first single on her new US label, Columbia Records.

"Love and Anger"
Single by Kate Bush
from the album The Sensual World
B-side	"Ken" "The Confrontation" "One Last Look Around the House Before We Go..."
Released	26 February 1990 (1990-02-26)[1]
Genre	Art rock Gaelic rock[2]
Length	4:41
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Kate Bush
Producer(s)	Kate Bush
Kate Bush singles chronology
"This Woman's Work" (1989) "Love and Anger" (1990) "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)" (1991)
Music video
"Love and Anger" on YouTube

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^[3]. "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".^[4]

Music video

The video for "Love and Anger" was directed by Bush.^[5]

Track listings

7-inch and cassette single^[6][7]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love and Anger"	4:37
2.	"Ken" (from The Comic Strip film "GLC")	3:48

12-inch and CD single^[8][9]

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^[10]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love and Anger"
2.	"Walk Straight Down the Middle"

Canadian cassette single^[11]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love and Anger"
2.	"Be Kind to My Mistakes"

Personnel

Personnel are lifted from The Sensual World album booklet.^[12]

• 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)[13] 145 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[14] 99 UK Singles (OCC)[15] 38 US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[16] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1990) Position US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[17] 9

See also

• List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1980s