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'{{Infobox song | name = I Love I Hate | cover = Neil Arthur I Love I Hate 1994 Single Cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Neil Arthur]] | album = [[Suitcase (Neil Arthur album)|Suitcase]] | B-side = | released = 24 January 1994<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Single Releases |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=22 January 1994 |page=21 |issn=0265-1548}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = [[Livingston Recording Studios]] (London)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Suitcase |others=Neil Arthur |year=1994 |id=CDCHR 6065 |location=UK }}</ref> | venue = | genre = | length = 4:16 (single version)<br>4:30 (album version) | label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]] | writer = [[Neil Arthur]] | producer = [[Marius de Vries]] | prev_title = [[One Day, One Time]] | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = | next_year = }} "'''I Love I Hate'''" is a song by English singer and musician [[Neil Arthur]], released on 24 January 1994 as the lead single from his debut solo studio album, ''[[Suitcase (Neil Arthur album)|Suitcase]]'' (1994).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQ8ZCAAAQBAJ&q=neil+arthur+suitcase&pg=PA52 |title=The Sound Of The Crowd - a Discography of the '80s (Third Edition) - Steve Binnie - Google Books |date= 27 November 2014|isbn=9781326073589 |access-date=2019-04-22|last1=Binnie |first1=Steve |publisher=Lulu Enterprises Incorporated }}</ref> 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.<ref name="officialcharts1">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29806/neil-arthur/ |title=NEIL ARTHUR &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company |publisher=Officialcharts.com |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> For the single's 12" format releases, remixes were created by the English [[Electronic dance music|electronic dance]] group [[the Grid]], with others by Dom T. and Marius de Vries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Neil-Arthur-I-Love-I-Hate/release/184635 |title=Neil Arthur - I Love I Hate (Vinyl, 12") |publisher=Discogs |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mit.edu/people/mattski/Grid/GridMixes.html#Arthur |title=The Grid: remixes & production |publisher=Mit.edu |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> A music video was filmed in [[Coney Island]] and [[New York City]] to promote the single.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeromagazine.nu/2018/02/07/neil-arthur-om-abba-vince-oljetankers-och-nastan-40-ar-med-blancmange/ |title=Neil Arthur - om ABBA, Vince, oljetankers och nästan 40 år med Blancmange - Zero Magazine |date=7 February 2018 |publisher=Zeromagazine.nu |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> It was directed by [[Lindy Heymann]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=1805 |title=Neil Arthur - "I love, I hate" |publisher=mvdbase.com |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> ==Critical reception== Upon its release, ''[[Music & Media]]'' wrote, "The ex-frontman of [[Blancmange (band)|Blancmange]] returns at almost the same point where he left seven years ago. His synth-flavoured [[New wave music|new wave]] of the early '80s is spiced up with dance beats."<ref>{{cite magazine |date=29 January 1994 |title=Music - New Releases: Singles |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |page=10}}</ref> Alan Jones of ''[[Music Week]]'' considered it to be "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".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Alan| date=29 January 1994 |title=Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=16}}</ref> Jim Lawn of ''[[The Lennox Herald]]'' remarked that Arthur "delivers a reasonable single with a nice hook and some radical dance remixes by The Grid".<ref>{{cite news |last=Lawn |first=Jim |date=11 February 1994 |title=Music Scene: Latest releases |newspaper=[[The Lennox Herald]] |page=30}}</ref> Penny Kiley of the ''[[Liverpool Echo]]'' described it as 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".<ref>{{cite news |last=Kiley |first=Penny |date=28 January 1994 |title=Same old singers, same old songs: New singles |newspaper=[[Liverpool Echo]] |page=29}}</ref> Terry Staunton of ''[[NME]]'' was critical of the song, stating it "has 'ordinary' tattooed right across its forehead" and calling Arthur "a poor man's [[Pet Shop Boys|Pet Shop Boy]] if ever there was one" who "made a couple of decent records as half of Blancmange". He added, "A plain, tinny, synthetic backing track with the dullest of vocals across the top. Not in the least bit good in any way at all."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Staunton |first=Terry |title=Singles |magazine=[[New Musical Express]] |date=29 January 1994 |page=47}}</ref> In an article on 1980s New Wave band comebacks, Keith Creighton of ''Popdose'' described the song as "positively epic".<ref>{{cite web |last=Creighton |first=Keith |url=http://popdose.com/popdose-prime-10-most-awesome-80s-new-wave-comebacks-ever/ |title=Popdose Prime: 10 Most Awesome '80s New Wave Comebacks Ever |publisher=Popdose.com |date=21 September 2013 |access-date=27 July 2023}}</ref> 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 to Arthur's "engaging" debut single "[[One Day, One Time]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Page |first=Barry |url=http://www.electricity-club.co.uk/tasty-fish-30-lost-songs-of-the-cd-era/ |title=TASTY FISH : 30 Lost Songs of the CD Era |publisher=The Electricity Club |date=3 May 2012 |access-date=27 July 2023}}</ref> ==Formats== {{tracklist | headline = CD single (UK CD #1) | extra_column = Written by | title1 = I Love I Hate | extra1 = [[Neil Arthur]] | length1 = 4:14 | title2 = Festival | extra2 = Arthur | length2 = 4:09 | title3 = [[Living on the Ceiling]] <small>performed by [[Blancmange (band)|Blancmange]]</small> | extra3 = {{hlist|Arthur|[[Stephen Luscombe]]}} | length3 = 4:02 }} {{tracklist | headline = CD single (UK CD #2) | extra_column = Written by | title1 = I Love I Hate (Extended Mix) | length1 = 4:30 | title2 = Wendy You're a Bore | extra2 = Arthur | length2 = 3:35 | title3 = Oh No Not Yet | extra3 = Arthur | length3 = 5:55 | title4 = [[Feel Me (Blancmange song)|Feel Me]] (12" Mix) <small>performed by [[Blancmange (band)|Blancmange]]</small> | extra4 = {{hlist|Arthur|Luscombe}} | length4 = 7:03 }} {{tracklist | headline = CD single (European release) | title1 = I Love I Hate | length1 = 4:16 | title2 = Festival | length2 = 4:10 | title3 = I Love I Hate (Vocal Mix) | length3 = 7:35 | title4 = Living on the Ceiling <small>performed by [[Blancmange (band)|Blancmange]]</small> | length4 = 4:01 }} {{tracklist | headline = 12" single | extra_column = Remixers | title1 = I Love I Hate (Excalibur Mix) | extra1 = [[The Grid]] | length1 = 7:27 | title2 = I Love I Hate (Lakeside Mix) | extra2 = The Grid | length2 = 4:58 | title3 = I Love I Hate (2.45... Nuttall Street Mix) | extra3 = {{hlist|Dom T.|[[Marius de Vries]]}} | length3 = 7:13 | title4 = I Love I Hate (7" Edit) | extra4 = {{hlist|Dom T.|De Vries}} | length4 = 4:14 }} ==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== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1994) !Peak<br>position |- |align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="officialcharts1"/> | style="text-align:center;"|50 |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{discogs master|123612|type=single}} {{Blancmange}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1994 songs]] [[Category:1994 singles]] [[Category:Chrysalis Records singles]] [[Category:Songs written by Neil Arthur]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Marius de Vries]]'