The Weakness in Me

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"The Weakness in Me"
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7-inch Netherlands vinyl single
Single by Joan Armatrading
from the album Walk Under Ladders
B-side "Crying"
ReleasedNovember 1981 (1981-11)
Length3:33
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Joan Armatrading
Producer(s) Steve Lillywhite

"The Weakness in Me" is a song by Joan Armatrading, from her seventh album Walk Under Ladders , released as a single in the US and Netherlands in November 1981. Despite not charting, the song has become one of Armatrading's better-known songs. Armatrading has said "it's about somebody who has an affair and they've fallen for the person that they're having the affair with, but they love the person they were with whilst they were having the affair." [1]

Contents

B-sides

The single featured as its B-side the original songs "Dollars" and "Crying", which remained unreleased on an album until the reissue of Walk Under Ladders . [2]

Track listings

7": A&M / 2381-S (US)

  1. "The Weakness in Me" – 3:32
  2. "Crying" – 3:28

7": A&M / AMS 9190 (Netherlands)

  1. "The Weakness in Me" – 3:32
  2. "Dollars" – 3:29

12": A&M / AMS 12.9191 (Netherlands)

  1. "The Weakness in Me" – 3:32
  2. "Dollars" – 3:29
  3. "Crying" – 3:28
  4. "Shine" – 3:49

Personnel

Cover versions

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