Love Me or Hate Me (Fuck You!!!!)

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“Love Me or Hate Me (Fuck You!)”
“Love Me or Hate Me (Fuck You!)” cover
Single by Lady Sovereign
from the album Public Warning
Released October, 2006 (U.S.)
January 29, 2007 (UK)
Format CD single
Vinyl
Digital download
Recorded 2006
Genre Hip Hop, Dance-pop, Grime
Length 3:29
Label Island
Writer(s) Louise Harman
Lukasz Gottwald
Producer Dr. Luke
Lady Sovereign singles chronology
"Nine2Five"
(2006)		 "Love Me or Hate Me"
(2006/2007)		 "Those Were the Days"
(2007)

"Love Me or Hate Me (Fuck You!!!!)" (produced by Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald) is the fifth single from UK hip-hop artist Lady Sovereign and the fourth from her debut album Public Warning. The single was confirmed for release by her official website and was released in October 2006 in the U.S. and January 29, 2007 in the UK [1] [2]. The video was premiered in the last week of September. It features Lady Sovereign appearing in Tetris-style blocks, and acting out certain lyrics of the song.

Parts of the music video have a Tetris theme.
Parts of the music video have a Tetris theme.

The song was quite popular in the U.S., becoming the first song by a British rap artist to ever reach #1 on MTV's TRL, as well as being heard in a TV spot for Verizon Wireless. In addition it debuted at #81 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it Lady Sovereign's first single to chart in the U.S. In 2007, the song debuted at #48 on the UK Singles Chart, later peaking at #26, becoming her highest charting solo hit to date. Blender magazine ranked it as the 32nd best song of 2006. [3]

The song has also been featured as the theme song for the Oxygen Channel's reality show The Bad Girls Club.

It can also be heard on the video game Need for Speed: Carbon, and in an episode of the ABC TV series Ugly Betty.

The remix, which is the last track on the album, features Missy Elliott.

[edit] Track listings

UK CD single

  1. "Love Me or Hate Me"
  2. "Love Me or Hate Me" (featuring Missy Elliott)
  3. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Jason Nevins Remix)

UK vinyl

  1. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Album version)
  2. "Love Me or Hate Me" (featuring Missy Elliott) (Album version)
  3. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Jason Nevins Remix)
  4. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Instrumental)

European CD single

  1. "Love Me or Hate Me"
  2. "Love Me or Hate Me" (featuring Missy Elliott)
  3. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Music video)

AU CD single

  1. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Clean) - 3:33
  2. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Remix featuring Missy Elliott) - 3:39

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2006) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 43
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 37
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1
UK Singles Chart 26
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 48
Czech IFPI Chart 50
Finnish Singles Chart 10
Lebanon Top 50 48

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC - Radio 1 - Playlist
  2. ^ Music News - The latest music news and gossip from Yahoo! Music UK & Ireland
  3. ^ 100 Greatest Songs of 2006: 50-26 Article on Blender :: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More