| "Love Stinks" | ||||
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| Single by The J. Geils Band | ||||
| from the album Love Stinks | ||||
| B-side | "Till the Walls Come Tumblin' Down" | |||
| Released | April 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Studio | Long View Farm, North Brookfield, Massachusetts | |||
| Genre | Rock,[1] hard rock, glam metal, new wave | |||
| Length | 3:44 | |||
| Label | EMI Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Peter Wolf, Seth Justman | |||
| Producer(s) | Seth Justman | |||
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| "Love Stinks" on YouTube | ||||
"Love Stinks" is a song written by Peter Wolf and Seth Justman that was the title track of the J. Geils Band's 1980 album Love Stinks. The song was released as a single and peaked in the US at #38, spending three weeks in the Top 40.[2][3][4] In Canada, the song reached number 15,[5] as it did on WLS-AM in Chicago.[6]
- ^ Viglione, J. "Love Stinks". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
- ^ "Love Stinks Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
- ^ Dean, M. (2003). Rock N Roll Gold Rush: A Singles Un-Cyclopedia. Algora. p. 330. ISBN 9780875862071.
- ^ Whitburn, J. (2010). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (9th ed.). Random House. p. 263. ISBN 9780823085545.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013.
- ^ WLS Musicradio Survey, July 5, 1980