Why Should I Love You?

"Why Should I Love You?"
"Why Should I Love You?" cover
Song by R. Stevie Moore from the album Glad Music
Released	February 21, 1986
Format	Digital download
Genre	Power pop, lo-fi
Length	3:23
Label	New Rose
Writer(s)	R. Stevie Moore
Producer(s)	R. Stevie Moore
Glad Music track listing
"Glib Contempt" (8) "Why Should I Love You?" (9) "I Love You So Much It Hurts" (10)

"Why Should I Love You?" is a song by American singer-songwriter R. Stevie Moore. The song is the ninth track of Glad Music (1986) - and was both written and produced by Moore himself.^[1] It was announced in May 2012 that the track would also appear on Lo Fi Hi Fives ...A Kind Of Best Of, a hits collection from Moore; scheduled for a release on August 5, 2012.^[2][3]

Track listing

Release history

Region	Date	Format
United Kingdom	21 February 1986[1]	???

The Vaccines

"Why Should I Love You?"
The front and back covers of the 7" double A-side vinyl.
Single by The Vaccines
Released	21 April 2012
Format	7" Vinyl
Recorded	2012
Genre	Indie rock
Length	3:14
Label	O Genesis Recordings
Writer(s)	R. Stevie Moore
The Vaccines singles chronology
"Wetsuit" / "Tiger Blood" (2011) "Why Should I Love You?" (2012) "No Hope" (2012)

"Why Should I Love You?" was covered by London-based quartet The Vaccines. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2012 as a double A-side with Moore's cover of "Post Break-Up Sex" (2011); and was limited to 500 copies in accordance with Record Store Day 2012.^[4][5] The band's cover of "Why Should I Love You?" received its first play on 4 April 2012, when it featured as BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe's Hottest Record in the World.^[6]

Track listing

Release history

Region	Date	Format
United Kingdom	4 April 2012[6]	Radio airplay
United Kingdom	21 April 2012[4]	Vinyl

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