Ain't Love a Bitch
"Ain't Love a Bitch" is a song written by Gary Grainger and Rod Stewart. Stewart released it on his 1978 album Blondes Have More Fun, and it was one of four songs on the album co-written by Stewart and Grainger. The song was released as a single in 1979, reaching #11 on the UK charts, and #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. It spent 8 weeks on the UK charts and 6 weeks on the US charts. The song also reached the Top Ten in several countries, including Ireland. Billboard magazine placed Stewart #7 on its list of the Top Single Artists of 1979 on the strength of "Ain't Love a Bitch" and its predecessor, "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?".
| "Ain't Love a Bitch" | ||||
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| Single by Rod Stewart | ||||
| from the album Blondes Have More Fun | ||||
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| Released | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 4:39 | |||
| Label | Riva Records (UK), Warner Bros. (rest of the world) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gary Grainger, Rod Stewart | |||
| Producer(s) | Tom Dowd | |||
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Stewart performed the song on Dave Allen's Dave Allen at Large. A video of the song was included on the DVD included in the deluxe editions of the compilation album Some Guys Have All the Luck / The Definitive Rod Stewart.