"I Useta Lover" (/ˈjuːstə/, eye dialect of "I used to love her") is a 1990 song by Irish rock group The Saw Doctors.[1] It is the second single off the If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back album. It stayed at the #1 position in the Irish chart for nine weeks and became one of the best-selling singles of all time in the country.[2] A similar clerically influenced [citation needed] message is seen in other Saw Doctors songs, notably "Bless Me Father" and "Tommy K".
"I Useta Lover" | ||||
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Single by The Saw Doctors | ||||
from the album If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back | ||||
B-side | "Captain Joe Fiddle's" | |||
Released | July 28, 1990 (1990-07-28) | |||
Studio | Loco Studio, Wales | |||
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Label | Solid Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Davy Carton, Leo Moran, Paul Cunniffe | |||
Producer(s) | Phil Tennant | |||
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The chorus of the song was originally taken from a song of the same name which was performed by Davy Carton's first band, Blaze X. The original song had been written by Paul Cunniffe. The Blaze X version of the song appears as a B-side on some versions of the single.
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