Ain't Love a Bitch

"Ain't Love a Bitch"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Blondes Have More Fun
B-side
  • "Last Summer" (US)
  • "Scarred and Scared" (UK)
ReleasedJanuary 1979
GenreRock and roll
Length4:39
LabelRiva Records (UK), Warner Bros. (rest of the world)
Songwriter(s)Gary Grainger, Rod Stewart
Producer(s)Tom Dowd
Rod Stewart singles chronology
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
(1978) 		"Ain't Love a Bitch"
(1979) 		"Blondes (Have More Fun)"
(1979)

"Ain't Love a Bitch" is a song written by Gary Grainger and Rod Stewart. Stewart released it on his 1978 album Blondes Have More Fun, and it was one of four songs on the album co-written by Stewart and Grainger.[1] The song was released as a single in 1979, reaching #11 on the UK charts, and #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.[2][3][4][5] It spent 8 weeks on the UK charts and 6 weeks on the US charts.[3][6] The song also reached the Top Ten in several countries, including Ireland.[7] Billboard magazine placed Stewart #7 on its list of the Top Single Artists of 1979 on the strength of "Ain't Love a Bitch" and its predecessor, "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?".[8]

Stewart performed the song on Dave Allen's Dave Allen at Large.[9] A video of the song was included on the DVD included in the deluxe editions of the compilation album Some Guys Have All the Luck / The Definitive Rod Stewart.[10]

  1. ^ Ewbank, T.; Hildred, S. (2005). Rod Stewart: The New Biography. Citadel Press. pp. 174–175. ISBN 978-0-8065-2644-7.
  2. ^ Lazell, B. (1989). Rock Movers and Shakers. Billboard Publications. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-8230-7608-6.
  3. ^ a b "The Official Charts - Rod Stewart". The Official Charts. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Billboard Hits of the World". Billboard Magazine. 3 March 1979.
  5. ^ "Blondes Have More Fun Billboard singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  6. ^ Whitburn, J. (1985). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Publications. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-8230-7518-8.
  7. ^ "The Irish Charts - All There Is To Know". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Top Single Artists of 1979". 22 December 1979.
  9. ^ "TV Guide". Vol. 28. 1980. p. 26.
  10. ^ "The Definitive Rod Stewart". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 August 2011.