"I Hate Myself for Loving You" is a song by American rock band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, released as the lead single from their sixth studio album, Up Your Alley (1988). The song reached number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100, Jett's third and last single to reach the top 10, and was her first since "Crimson and Clover" in 1982. The song spent six weeks longer on the charts than the group's biggest hit, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (which was on the chart for 20 weeks). On September 10, 2011, the single reached number 39 on the US Rock Digital Songs chart.
Former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor played the guitar solo in the song.
A cover of The Troggs' song "I Can't Control Myself" was featured as a B-side on the CD single.
Cash Box called it "a mean, growling performance from the high-flying Jett" in which "over a craggy landscape of heavy guitars she exudes a sexual anger and power."
The song received a nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 31st Grammy Awards.
Taiwanese amateur composer Pei-Li Sun had extracted the chorus of this song for his solo work for the zhongruan named "Zhongruan Rock", written in 1993 and revised in 2008.
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
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