AllMusic critic John Franck describes the song as "infectious," noting that it was "one of the band's most recognizable FM songs ever." Music critic Robert Christgau describes the song "broad" and "uproarious." Rolling Stone critic Dave Marsh considers it one of the J. Geils Band who were then known for blues and R&B, but admits the results are fun to listen to and acknowledges that this and some other songs from the Love Stinks album pointed the way towards their pop-oriented 1981 platinum hit album Freeze Frame. Author Maury Dean describes the opening of the song as "ponderous Power Metal." Dean describes the bands playing in the refrain as generating "wild waves of flame," the guitars as "fire-breathing" and Wolf's vocals in the "yeah yeah" portion of the chorus as snarling with "heavy metal glee." Justman provides extensive keyboards, which Associated Press critic James Simon feels gives the song "a little extra zing." Viglione describes the riff as "Lou Reed's 'Vicious' as performed by his Rock & Roll Animal band on Lou Reed Live at half-speed," also noting that it is a hard rock version of the riff from "Louie Louie." Rolling Stone critic Rob Sheffield notes that the riff was later used by Nirvana in the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit."Viglione finds such a "simple riff rocker" a departure for the J.
Geils Band lead singer Peter Wolf's marriage to actress Faye Dunaway, which ended in a 1979 divorce. The lyrics describe a love triangle in which two participants experience unrequited love, before segueing into a description of love gone sour in general.
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It was also covered by Adam Sandler in the movie The Wedding Singer and by Himalayaz with Ms. The song was also featured in the film Opie Gets Laid. Joan Jett covered the song for the soundtrack of the 1996 movie Mr. In Canada, the song reached number 15, as it did on WLS-AM in Chicago. The song was released as a single and peaked in the US at #38, spending three weeks in the Top 40.
"Love Stinks" is a song written by Peter Wolf and Seth Justman that was the title track of the J.
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