Rod Stewart - Ain´t Love A Bitch b/w Scarred And Scarred (1979) - single

"Ain't Love a Bitch" is a song written by Gary Grainger and Rod Stewart. Stewart released it on his 1978 album “Blondes Have More Fun”, and it was one of four songs on the album co-written by Stewart and Grainger. The song was released as a single in 1979, reaching #11 on the UK charts, and #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. Billboard magazine placed Stewart #7 on its list of the Top Single Artists of 1979 on the strength of "Ain't Love a Bitch" and its predecessor, "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?".
The song as being "unexpectedly sensitive, with a soft, strum-along melody and a bunch of namby-pamby characters doo-doo-doing a background chorus while Stewart croons about old girlfriends." The song for taking material that could have been tough and making sound "like the 1400th cover version of 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco.'" CD Review magazine commented on the references within "Ain't Love a Bitch" to Stewart's earlier song "Maggie May", describing the music as "bouncy". High Fidelity objected to the lyrics blaming women for love's problems. Also noted that the song is autobiographical, and incorporates elements from Stewart's "musical and personal past." And as a "repellent frat-house love song".

A - Ain´t Love A Bitch  (4:36)
Written-By – Gary Grainger, Rod Stewart / Producer – Tom Dowd
B - Scarred And Scarred  (4:50)
Written-By – Gary Grainger, Rod Stewart / Producer – Tom Dowd

Release:  1979
Label:  Warner Bros. Records
Catalog#  WB 17302

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