Hate to Say I Told You So

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“Hate to Say I Told You So”
“Hate to Say I Told You So” cover
Single by The Hives
from the album Veni Vidi Vicious
Released December 4, 2000 (re-released on February 11, 2002)
Format CD
Recorded 1999
Genre Rock
Length 3:22
Label Burning Heart Records, Gearhead Records, Stereodrive! Records
Producer Pelle Gunderfelt
The Hives singles chronology
"Hate to Say I Told You So"
(2000)		 "Main Offender"
(2001)

"Hate to Say I Told You So" is a song that was released on the The Hives' second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, as the sixth track. It was released again on the compilation Your New Favourite Band. It is internationally known as the Hives' signature song. In March 2005, Q magazine placed it at number 54 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. The chord structure bears a strong similarity to The Kinks "All Day and All of the Night".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD single #1

  1. "Hate to Say I Told You So"
  2. "Die, All Right!"
  3. "The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime"

[edit] CD single #2

  1. "Hate to Say I Told You So"
  2. "Uptempo Venomous Poison"
  3. "Gninrom Ytic Kcorknup"

[edit] CD single #3

  1. "Hate to Say I Told You So
  2. "Fever"
  3. "Barely Homosapien"

[edit] Other versions

At a 2002 concert, the Foo Fighters performed a cover version of this for The Hives. The band even wore The Hives trademark black and white suits. The song was included in "Weird Al" Yankovic's polka medley "Angry White Boy Polka", from his album Poodle Hat. Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered this on his 2002 album "Tuxicity". Both versions of the song were used as intro themes for the radio show Get This.