Love Hurts (Incubus song)

"Love Hurts" is the third Europe single from Incubus' sixth album, Light Grenades, and is the fourth U.S. single ("Oil And Water" was released as the third single in the U.S.). The song received moderate airplay in European countries. The single was released for airplay in the United States over a year after the previous single, "Oil and Water", and nearly two years following the album's release. It became a surprise hit for the band in the U.S., topping the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, becoming their fourth song to do so. It was officially released the first week of October 2008.

There is an acoustic version of "Love Hurts" available for those who buy the "Anna Molly" single, or those who bought the Best Buy Light Grenades three-track promo.

Band members

Meaning

In a recent interview with Incubus, Brandon Boyd expressed his thoughts on the song:^[1]

“

It's almost a little bit of a cliché. It is talking about the idea of love and finding love and having it be pure and not tainted by our misperceptions, misconceptions, expectations and transcending the sort of more worldly aspects of the love experience.

”

Music video

An unofficial video from a live concert (with audio of the studio track dubbed over the live performance) was released for the song on March 23, 2007.^[2] No official video was made for this song.

Track listing

Single

"Love Hurts" (Album version)
"Anna-Molly"
"Drive"
"Love Hurts" (Video)

Promo single

"Love Hurts"
"Anna-Molly"

Chart performance

"Love Hurts" was released to alternative radio in October 2008, and hit number one on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for the week ending February 21, 2009. It joins "Drive", "Megalomaniac", and "Anna Molly" as one of four songs by the band to top the chart, and their only secondary single from an album era to accomplish this feat. It outpeaked previous singles from Light Grenades, "Oil And Water" and "Dig". It has also reached number one on Mediabase's Alternative airplay chart. It has charted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles at #13 (equivalent to #113 on the Billboard Hot 100).

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	13
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	1

References

Preceded by "Second Chance" by Shinedown	Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks number-one single February 21, 2009 March 14, 2009 - March 21, 2009	Succeeded by "Brother" by Pearl Jam

Incubus

Brandon Boyd Ben Kenney Mike Einziger Chris Kilmore José Pasillas Alex Katunich Gavin Koppell

Studio albums	Fungus Amongus S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Make Yourself Morning View A Crow Left of the Murder... Light Grenades If Not Now, When?

EPs	Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout Root Beer Enjoy Incubus When Incubus Attacks Volume 1 Trust Fall (Side A)

Live albums	Live at Lollapalooza 2003 Live in Japan 2004 Live in Sweden 2004 Live in Malaysia 2004 iTunes: Live in Soho

Compilations	Monuments and Melodies HQ Live Box Set The Essential Incubus

Singles	"Take Me to Your Leader" "A Certain Shade of Green" "New Skin" "Pardon Me" "Stellar" "Drive" "Wish You Were Here" "Nice to Know You" "Warning" "Are You In?" "Circles" "Megalomaniac" "Talk Shows on Mute" "Agoraphobia" "Make a Move" "Anna Molly" "Dig" "Oil and Water" "Love Hurts" "Black Heart Inertia" "Midnight Swim" "Let's Go Crazy" "Adolescents" "Promises, Promises" "Thieves" "Absolution Calling" "Trust Fall"

DVDs	When Incubus Attacks Volume 2 The Morning View Sessions Alive at Red Rocks Look Alive CD/DVD Incubus HQ Live CD/DVD

Related	Discography Audiovent "The Odyssey" 11th Annual Honda Civic Tour

Category:Incubus (band) Template:Incubus

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, January 22, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.