"Why Should I Love You?" | ||||
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Song by R. Stevie Moore | ||||
from the album Glad Music | ||||
Released | February 21, 1986 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Genre | Power pop, lo-fi | |||
Length | 3:23 | |||
Label | New Rose | |||
Songwriter(s) | R. Stevie Moore | |||
Producer(s) | R. Stevie Moore | |||
Glad Music track listing | ||||
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"Why Should I Love You?" | ||||
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The front and back covers of the 7" double A-side vinyl.
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Single by The Vaccines | ||||
Released | 21 April 2012 | |||
Format | 7" Vinyl | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 3:14 | |||
Label | O Genesis Recordings | |||
Songwriter(s) | R. Stevie Moore | |||
The Vaccines singles chronology | ||||
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"Why Should I Love You?" is a song by American singer-songwriter R. Stevie Moore. The song is the ninth track of Glad Music (1986) - and was both written and produced by Moore himself. It was announced in May 2012 that the track would also appear on Lo Fi Hi Fives ...A Kind Of Best Of, a hits collection from Moore; scheduled for a release on August 5, 2012.
"Why Should I Love You?" was covered by London-based quartet The Vaccines. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2012 as a double A-side with Moore's cover of "Post Break-Up Sex" (2011); and was limited to 500 copies in accordance with Record Store Day 2012. The band's cover of "Why Should I Love You?" received its first play on 4 April 2012, when it featured as BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe's Hottest Record in the World.