Cruel to Be Kind

Cruel to Be Kind

"Cruel to Be Kind" is a 1979 single by Nick Lowe, co-written by Lowe and his former Brinsley Schwarz band-mate Ian Gomm, that peaked at #12 in both the British and US charts that summer. In the US, where it is Lowe's most well-known work, it remains his only single to hit the top 40, whereas in the UK "I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass" remains his biggest hit after reaching #7 a year earlier.

"Cruel To Be Kind" was released on the Radar Records label in the UK and Columbia Records in the USA. It was originally featured on the album Labour of Lust. The video to the song was one of the first music videos aired on MTV, and is a humorous re-enactment of Lowe's wedding to Carlene Carter, featuring Carter herself and Dave Edmunds as their limo driver.

The track has been covered by many artists including: Letters to Cleo, for the 1999 movie 10 Things I Hate About You and Lazlo Bane on their Guilty Pleasures album. A Greek language version has also been recorded by Stavros Michalakakos. The original recording was played during the end credits for the documentary I.O.U.S.A.[1].

It should not be confused with the song "You've Got to Be Cruel to Be Kind" which was a UK hit for Unit 4 + 2 in December 1965, nor for the song "Cruel To Be Kind" by Spacehog, released in 1996.

References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963807/soundtrack
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