Hate to Say I Told You So

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"Hate to Say I Told You So"
Single by The Hives
from the album Veni Vidi Vicious
Released	December 4, 2000 (re-released on February 11, 2002)
Format	CD
Recorded	1999
Genre	Garage Rock/Punk Rock
Length	3:22
Label	Burning Heart Records, Gearhead Records, Stereodrive! Records
Producer(s)	Pelle Gunderfelt
The Hives singles chronology
	"Hate To Say I Told You So" (2000)	"Main Offender" (2001)

"Hate to Say I Told You So" was released on the Hives' second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, as the sixth track. It was released again on the greatest hits compilation, Your New Favourite Band. In March 2005, Q magazine placed it at number 54 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 CD single #1 1.2 CD single #2 1.3 CD single #3 2 Other versions

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD single #1

1. "Hate to Say I Told You So"
2. "Die, All Right!"
3. "The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime"

[edit] CD single #2

1. "Hate to Say I Told You So"
2. "Uptempo Venomous Poison"
3. "Gninrom Ytic Kcorknup"

[edit] CD single #3

1. "Hate to Say I Told You So
2. "Fever"
3. "Barely Homosapien"

[edit] Other versions

At a 2002 concert, the Foo Fighters performed a cover version of this for The Hives. The band even wore The Hives trademark black and white suits. This song was also parodied by Weird Al Yankovic in his Angry White Boy Polka. The Angry White Boy Polka was one of Weird Al's traditional polkas, where he did parts of popular songs in polka form. This version also included The Vines, who The Hives have drawn similar comparisons to.

Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered this on his 2002 album "Tuxicity".