What a Bitch Is Love

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"What a Bitch Is Love"
What a Bitch is Love by Marcia Hines.jpg
Single by Marcia Hines
from the album Take It from the Boys
B-side "It Don't Take Much"
ReleasedOctober 1981
Genre Disco, pop rock
Length3:29
Label Midnight Records, Friends Records
Songwriter(s) Barry Blue, Paul Greedus
Producer(s) David Mackay
Marcia Hines singles chronology
"Your Love Still Brings Me to My Knees"
(1981)
"What a Bitch Is Love"
(1981)
"Many Rivers to Cross"
(1981)

"What a Bitch Is Love" is a song recorded by American-Australian singer Marcia Hines. The song was written by Barry Blue, Paul Greedus and produced by David Mackay and released in October 1981 as the second single from Hines' fifth studio album, Take It from the Boys (1981).

Contents

Track listing

Australian 7" single (NiTE 002) / Dutch 7" Single (FR 12019)

  1. "What a Bitch Is Love" (Barry Blue, Paul Greedus) – 3:29
  2. "It Don't Take Much" (Douglas Foxworthy, Glen Ballard, Kerry Chater) – 3:31

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)Position
Australian Kent Music Report [1] 51

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