LoveHate Thing
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| Single by Wale featuring Sam Dew | ||||
| from the album The Gifted | ||||
| Released | May 21, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
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| Length | 4:27 | |||
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| "LoveHate Thing" on YouTube | ||||
"LoveHate Thing" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Wale featuring vocals from Roc Nation singer Sam Dew. It was co-written by both artists, along with Antonio Palmer and Mint Condition's Stokley Williams, who also co-produced the song with Dew and Tone P. It was released on May 21, 2013 as the second single from his third studio album The Gifted (2013).
The song garnered a positive reception from critics. "LoveHate Thing" peaked at number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached numbers 25 and 30 on the Rhythmic and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts respectively. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting sales of over 1,000,000 units in the United States.[1] A music video directed by Sarah McColgan was made for the single that features Wale both performing with a backing band on a rooftop and going to places in his hometown of Washington D.C.
Wale first performed the song live on the Late Show with David Letterman and made a later appearance at the 2013 Soul Train Awards with co-writer and producer Williams.
AllMusic's David Jeffries gave the song a "Track Pick" tag, calling it "a breezy summertime jam reminiscing with plenty of gun talk and reckless stories of youth."[2] While mixed towards the album, Evan Rytlewski of The A.V. Club put the track alongside "Gullible" for giving it "a respectable stretch of strutting, '70s-soul throwbacks."[3] The song was nominated for Best Collaboration at the 2013 Soul Train Awards,[4] but lost to Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" with Pharrell and T.I.[5]
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Live performances
Wale first performed "LoveHate Thing" with Sam Dew on the Late Show with David Letterman on June 26, 2013.[8] He performed the song again as a mashup with Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues" alongside Williams at the 2013 Soul Train Awards on December 1, 2013.[9]
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