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!
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