Cruel to Be Kind
Cruel to Be Kind a song by Nick Lowe on Foxsoundi
About Cruel to Be Kind
"Cruel to Be Kind" is a song co-written by Nick Lowe and his former bandmate Ian Gomm while the pair were in Brinsley Schwarz. The song only appeared as the 1978 B-side of "Little Hitler" until Columbia Records convinced Lowe to rerecord it as a potential solo single for his 1979 album Labour of Lust. Released as a single in 1979, the song peaked at number 12 on the charts of Australia, Canada, the UK and the US. .
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About this song
- Credited to
- Nick Lowe
- Album
- Labour of Lust · Track 1 of 13 · Opens the album
- Released
- January 1, 1970
- Duration
- 3:30
- On Last.fm
- 137,815 listeners on Last.fm
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