Love Rears Its Ugly Head

1991 single by Living Colour

"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

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