Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

Released: May 23, 1988

Songwriter: Desmond Child Joan Jett

Producer: Thom Panunzio Ric Browde Kenny Laguna Desmond Child

[Verse 1]
Midnight, gettin' uptight, where are you?
You said you'd meet me, now it's quarter to two
I know I'm hangin' but I'm still wantin' you
Hey Jack, it's a fact they're talkin' in town
I turn my back and you're messin' around
I'm not really jealous, don't like lookin' like a clown

[Pre-Chorus]
I think of you every night and day
You took my heart and you took my pride away

[Chorus]
I hate myself for loving you
Can't break free from the things that you do
I wanna walk but I run back to you
That's why I hate myself for loving you
Ow! Uh

[Verse 2]
Daylight, spent the night without you
But I've been dreamin' 'bout the lovin' you do
I'm won't be as angry 'bout the hell you put me through
Hey, man, bet you can treat me right
You just don't know what you was missin' last night
I wanna see you begging, say forget it just for spite

[Pre-Chorus]
I think of you every night and day
You took my heart and you took my pride away

[Chorus]
I hate myself for loving you
Can't break free from the things that you do
I wanna walk but I run back to you
That's why I hate myself for loving you
Ow! Uh

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus]
I think of you every night and day
You took my heart and you took my pride away

[Chorus]
I hate myself for loving you
Can't break free from the things that you do
I wanna walk but I run back to you
That's why I hate myself for loving you
Ow! Uh

[Chorus]
I hate myself for loving you
Can't break free from the things that you do
I wanna walk but I run back to you
That's why I hate myself for loving you
Ow! Uh

[Outro]
I hate myself for loving you
I hate myself for loving you
I hate myself for loving you
I hate myself
I hate myself for loving you

After splitting with The Runaways, and releasing her first solo album, Joan Jett placed an ad in LA Weekly looking for bandmates. Gary Ryan, Eric Ambel, and Danny “Furious” O'Brien joined her, creating the orginial Blackhearts lineup.

After their initial tour though, O'Brien was replaced with Lee Crystal.

Early on, keeping the band afloat was not easy. Joan and producer Kenny Laguna struggled, sometimes selling copies of albums from the trunk of his car. Eventually unable to keep up with the demand for Joan Jett’s album, they signed with Boardwalk Records.

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From the albums

Up Your Alley (1988)
I Hate Myself For Loving You (1988)
Fit to Be Tied - Great Hits by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts (1997)
Icons Rock (Celebrating 105 Years Of Great Motorcycles) (2008)
Greatest Hits (2010)
Bad Reputation (Music From the Original Motion Picture) (2018)

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