I Love I Hate

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"I Love I Hate"
Neil Arthur I Love I Hate 1994 Single Cover.jpg
Single by Neil Arthur
from the album Suitcase
ReleasedJanuary 1994
Studio Livingston Recording Studios (London) [1]
Length4:16 (single version)
4:30 (album version)
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s) Neil Arthur
Producer(s) Marius de Vries
Neil Arthur singles chronology
"One Day, One Time"
(1992)		"I Love I Hate"
(1994)

"I Love I Hate" is a song by English singer and musician Neil Arthur, released in 1994 as the lead single from his debut solo studio album Suitcase (1994). [2] It was written by Arthur and produced by Marius de Vries. It reached No. 50 in the UK and remained on the charts for two weeks. [3]

Contents

For the single's 12" format releases, remixes were created by the English electronic dance group the Grid, with others by Dom T. and Marius de Vries. [4] [5] A music video was filmed in Coney Island and New York City to promote the single. [6] It was directed by Lindy Heymann. [7]

Critical reception

Upon release, Music & Media wrote: "The ex-frontman of Blancmange returns at almost the same point where he left seven years ago. His synth-flavoured new wave of the early '80s is spiced up with dance beats." [8] Alan Jones of Music Week stated: "This is pleasant commercial fare from Arthur, albeit not as startlingly innovative as some of his work with Blancmange or the West India Company." He felt the song was a "likely Top 40 contender", which "should find favour with radio in its regular mix, while The Grid's deeper dance interpretations tie up the club end of things". [9]

Jim Lawn of The Lennox Herald commented: "Ex-Blancmange singer delivers a reasonable single with a nice hook and some radical dance remixes by The Grid." [10] Penny Kiley of the Liverpool Echo commented: "The ex-Blancmange singer comes up with a pleasant electro-pop song that is less quirky than his previous work." She felt the inclusion of "Living on the Ceiling" as a bonus track on the CD issues of the single "suggests Neil may not be so confident in his new stuff". [11]

In an article on 1980s New Wave band comebacks, Keith Creighton of Popdose described the song as "positively epic". [12] Barry Page of The Electricity Club, in a feature titled "30 Lost Songs of the CD Era", considered the song to be "rather pedestrian" in comparison with Arthur's "engaging" debut single "One Day, One Time". [13]

Formats

CD single (UK CD #1)
No.TitleWritten byLength
1."I Love I Hate" Neil Arthur 4:14
2."Festival"Arthur4:09
3."Living on the Ceiling performed by Blancmange "
4:02
CD single (UK CD #2)
No.TitleWritten byLength
1."I Love I Hate (Extended Mix)" 4:30
2."Wendy You're a Bore"Arthur3:35
3."Oh No Not Yet"Arthur5:55
4."Feel Me (12" Mix) performed by Blancmange "
  • Arthur
  • Luscombe
7:03
CD single (European release)
No.TitleLength
1."I Love I Hate"4:16
2."Festival"4:10
3."I Love I Hate (Vocal Mix)"7:35
4."Living on the Ceiling performed by Blancmange "4:01
12" single
No.TitleRemixersLength
1."I Love I Hate (Excalibur Mix)" The Grid 7:27
2."I Love I Hate (Lakeside Mix)"The Grid4:58
3."I Love I Hate (2.45... Nuttall Street Mix)"
7:13
4."I Love I Hate (7" Edit)"
  • Dom T.
  • De Vries
4:14

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart [3] 50

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  1. ↑ Suitcase (Media notes). Neil Arthur. UK. 1994. CDCHR 6065.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  11. ↑ Kiley, Penny (28 January 1994). "Same old singers, same old songs: New singles". Liverpool Echo: 29.
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