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"I Love I Hate" is a song by British singer and musician Neil Arthur, released in 1994 as the lead single from his debut solo album Suitcase.[1] It was written by Arthur and produced by Marius de Vries. It reached No. 50 in the UK and remained on the charts for two weeks.[2]

"I Love I Hate"
Single by Neil Arthur
from the album Suitcase
Released	January 1994
Length	4:16 (single version) 4:30 (album version)
Label	Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)	Neil Arthur
Producer(s)	Marius de Vries
Neil Arthur singles chronology
"One Day, One Time" (1992) "I Love I Hate" (1994)

The song was recorded at Livingston Recording Studios.[3] For the single's 12" format releases, remixes were created by the English electronic dance group The Grid, with others by Dom T. and Marius de Vries.[4][5] A music video was filmed in Coney Island and New York City to promote the single.[6] It was directed by Lindy Heymann.[7]

Critical reception

Upon release, Music & Media wrote: "The ex-frontman of Blancmange returns at almost the same point where he left seven years ago. His synth-flavoured new wave of the early '80s is spiced up with dance beats."[8] Alan Jones of Music Week stated: "This is pleasant commercial fare from Arthur, albeit not as startlingly innovative as some of his work with Blancmange or the West India Company." He felt the song was a "likely Top 40 contender", which "should find favour with radio in its regular mix, while The Grid's deeper dance interpretations tie up the club end of things".[9]

Jim Lawn of The Lennox Herald commented: "Ex-Blancmange singer delivers a reasonable single with a nice hook and some radical dance remixes by The Grid."[10] Penny Kiley of the Liverpool Echo commented: "The ex-Blancmange singer comes up with a pleasant electro-pop song that is less quirky than his previous work." She felt the inclusion of "Living on the Ceiling" as a bonus track on the CD issues of the single "suggests Neil may not be so confident in his new stuff".[11]

In an article on 1980s New Wave band comebacks, Keith Creighton of Popdose described the song as "positively epic".[12] Barry Page of The Electricity Club, in a feature titled "30 Lost Songs of the CD Era", considered the song to be "rather pedestrian" in comparison with Arthur's "engaging" debut single "One Day, One Time".[13]

Formats

Personnel

• Neil Arthur - vocals
• Sylvia Mason-James, Mary Cassidy - backing vocals
• Mark Bandola - guitar

Production

• Marius de Vries - producer of "I Love I Hate"
• John Mallinson, Ben Jones - engineers on "I Love I Hate"
• James Thompson - assistant engineer on "I Love I Hate"
• Phil Bodger - mix engineer on "I Love I Hate"
• Neil Arthur - producer of "Festival", "Wendy You're A Bore" and "Oh No Not Yet"

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart[2]	50

References

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