| "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" | ||||
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| Single by Irma Thomas | ||||
| B-side | "Time Is on My Side" | |||
| Released | May 14, 1964 | |||
| Recorded | April 1964 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:58 | |||
| Label | Imperial Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Judith Arbuckle, Randy Newman, Jeannie Seely, Pat Sheeran | |||
| Producer(s) | Eddie Ray | |||
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| "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" by Irma Thomas on YouTube | ||||
"Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" is a 1964 R&B song written by Jeannie Seely, Randy Newman, Judith Arbuckle and Pat Sheeran. It was recorded by Irma Thomas and released as a single the same year, with "Time Is on My Side" as the B-side. The song is about a woman who stays in a relationship with a man despite his bad behavior.
"Time Is on My Side" soon gathered attention when a cover by the Rolling Stones became their first top ten single in the US, while "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" peaked at number 52 in the Billboard Top 100 chart.
The song was repopularised by its usage in the science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. First sung by a character for a talent show in "Fifteen Million Merits" (2011), it was used in five subsequent episodes, and began to appear in other films and television programs. In 2018, the song reached number two on Billboard's Top TV Songs. In the 2010s, musicians to cover the song included Seal, Ruby Amanfu and Boyz II Men.