Ain't Love the Strangest Thing

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"Ain't Love the Strangest Thing"
Ain't Love the Strangest Thing by Black Sorrows.jpg
Single by The Black Sorrows
from the album Better Times (album)
B-side "I Will Follow You Down"
ReleasedJuly 1992 (1992-07)
Genre Blues rock, folk rock, reggae, pop
Length5:08
Label CBS
Songwriter(s) Joe Camilleri
Producer(s) Joe Camilleri, Laurie Polec
The Black Sorrows singles chronology
"Hold It Up to the Mirror"
(1991)
"Ain't Love the Strangest Thing"
(1992)
"Better Times"
(1992)

"Ain't Love the Strangest Thing" is a song by Australian blues and rock band The Black Sorrows. It was released in July 1992 as the first single from their seventh studio album Better Times . It peaked at 46 on the ARIA Charts in September 1992.

Contents

Track listing

Australian maxi single (658446 2)
  1. "Ain't Love the Strangest Thing" – 5:08
  2. "I Will Follow You Down" – 4:26
  3. "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" (by The Revelators) – 3:53

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [1] 46

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