Love Rears Its Ugly Head

"Love Rears Its Ugly Head"
Single by Living Colour
from the album Time's Up
Released	1991
Recorded	1989–1990
Genre	Funk rock blues rock R&B [1]
Length	4:19
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Vernon Reid
Producer(s)	Ed Stasium
Living Colour singles chronology
"Type" (1990) "Love Rears Its Ugly Head" (1991) "Solace of You" (1990)

"Love Rears Its Ugly Head" is a single released by Living Colour in 1990 from their second album Time's Up .

It is in the style of most of the group's previous singles, a rock song with touches of R&B, especially in the vocals. It is most noted for its funk-style guitar parts that permeate throughout the entire song. It takes a sample from the song Lush Life by Nat King Cole. The music video features Cynthia Bailey of The Real Housewives of Atlanta fame.^{[ citation needed ]}

The track peaked at number 8 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States and, in a heavily remixed form with re-recorded vocals and less of a rock influence, became the band's biggest hit single in the UK, peaking at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart [2]	10
Dutch Top 40 [3]	16
UK Singles [4]	12
US Billboard Album Rock Tracks [5]	28
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks [6]	8

References

1. "The 25 Best Albums of 1990". Paste . November 11, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
2. "Discography Living Colour". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
3. "Discografie Living Colour". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
4. "love rears its ugly head | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
5. "Living Colour - Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard .
6. "Living Colour - Alternative Airplay". Billboard .