THE HIVES - HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO

HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO

THE HIVES

SONGWRITER: RANDY FITZSIMMONS

COUNTRY: SWEDEN

ALBUM: VENI VIDI VICIOUS

LABEL: BURNING HEART

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 2000

 

             The Hives are a Swedish rock band that rose to prominence in the early 2000s during the Garage Rock Revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the álbum Veni Vidi Vicious, containing the single "Hate to Say I Told You So". The band has been acclaimed by music critics as one of the best live rock bands.

         The Hives have released five studio albums: Barely Legal(1997), Veni Vidi Vicious(2000), Tyrannosaurus Hives(2004), The Black and White Album(2007) and Lex Hives(2012). They have one compilation album, Your New Favourite Band(2001) and they have issued a live DVD, Tussles in Brussels(2005).

          "Hate to Say I Told You So" is the first single from Swedish rock band the Hives' second studio album, Veni Vidi Vicious. It was first released as a single on 4 December 2000 and was later re-released in several countries in 2002. It is internationally known as the Hives' signature song.

           It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single in 2002. In March 2005, Q placed it at number 54 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. It also lists at 244 on Pitchfork Media's Top 500 songs of the 2000s(decade). In October 2011, NME placed it at number 84 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years"

Do what I want 'cause I can and if I don't, because I wanna

Be ignored by the stiff and the bored, because I'm gonna

Spit and retrieve 'cause I give and receive, because I wanna

Gonna get through your head, what the mystery man said, because I'm gonna

 

Hate to say I told you so, all right!

Come on!

Do believe I told you so

Now it's all out and you know

'Cause I wanted to!

 

Turn my back on the rot that's been planning the plot, because I'm gonna

No need for me to wait, because I wanna

No need 2, 3, too late, because I'm gonna.

 

Hate to say I told you so, all right!

Come on!

Do believe I told you so

 

Do what I please, gonna spread the disease, because I wanna

Gonna call all the shots for the no's and the not's, because I wanna

Yeah

 

Ask me once I'll answer twice

'Cause what I know I'll tell, because I wanna

Sound advice and lots of ice, I'll spell my name out loud, because I wanna

Oh, yeah!