Hate to Say I Told You So

"Hate to Say I Told You So"
Single by the Hives
from the album Veni Vidi Vicious
Released4 December 2000 (2000-12-04)
Recorded1999[1]
GenreGarage punk[2]
Length3:22
LabelBurning Heart
Songwriter(s)Randy Fitzsimmons
Producer(s)Pelle Gunderfelt
The Hives singles chronology
"Hate to Say I Told You So"
(2000)
"Main Offender"
(2001)
Music video
"Hate to Say I Told You So" on YouTube

"Hate to Say I Told You So" is the first single from Swedish rock band the Hives' second studio album, Veni Vidi Vicious. It was first released as a single on 4 December 2000 and was later re-released in several countries in 2002. It is internationally known as the Hives' signature song.

It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single in 2002. In March 2005, Q placed it at number 54 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. It also lists at 244 on Pitchfork's's Top 500 songs of the 2000s (decade). In October 2011, NME placed it at number 84 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[3]

  1. ^ "Veni Vidi Vicious – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. ^ "III. Regis Philbin Doesn't Love The Hives". Spin. Vol. 20, no. 8. August 2004. p. 66. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ^ "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". NME. Retrieved 15 July 2013.