Released February 22th 2010

Tracks

1. Unloveable (Radio edit) (3.16)
2. Unloveable (Album edit (4.19)
3. Isn’t Love Wonderful (Vinyl only)

Released by Unison Music Group

Formats

Download formats (iTunes + mp3)
7″ vinyl
CD promo (1 track)

Apart from the one track promo CD, this single was not released on CD. Prior to the release Stephen mentioned a remix of Bad Old Man and Isn’t Love Wonderful as possible extra tracks. Only the latter was released as b-side on the 7″ vinyl edition.

Release trivia

• Unloveable, the first announced single from the album Ex-Maniac, was released on February 22th 2010 on Unison Music on iTunes and MP3.
• Unloveable is the fourth track on the album Ex-maniac.
• The song was featured in the setlist on Babybird’s warm-up tour in November 2009 and receved a positive response.
• Johnny Depp plays guitar on the song. Stephen: “Unloveable was just really easy,” he says. “Johnny came to play but you just have this massive fear because even though you know him you think,’Is he going to be good?’ because he’s just coming in for a few hours and I’m not sure I’d be able to do it. He’s quite shy and unassuming, but he came in and it all happened nicely.”
• The video is also directed by Johnny Depp. In november 2009, Stephen said that the video might turn out to be a 10-minute short film. Stephen: “We’d have done a video for $200 but because it’s Johnny Depp we can afford to do something a bit more risky.”
• First airplay on UK internet radio channel Radio 2XS in late January.
• A fan-made clip including a slideshow of Johnny Depp made its way to YouTube in early februay.
• First TV airing of a sequence from the video was on the BBC breakfast show 21 February. Stephen was also in the studio for a chat (find interview below).

Unloveable lyrics

I’ve tried
And you’ve tried
You’ve cried
And I’ve cried
I’ve lied
And you’ve lied
Together we’ve died
But sometimes
Sometimes it gotta stop

I’m cold when you’re cold
I’m warm when you’re warm
We were friends
We’re still friends
That’s all
That’s all
That’s all

You can’t love me
I’m unloveable
But baby you could try
It’s all good, it’s not bad
It’s all smiles, it’s not sad
There’s just time to stop love
Love’s gone, move on
Life’s long

You can’t love me
I’m unloveable
But baby you could try
Sha la
Sha la la la la la la la
Sha la la
Sha la

Love’s so sweet it suffocates us
Like a sickly kindly gag
And we’re floating down the sewer pipe
Like kittens in a bag
And the mirror screams to both of us
That we are not alone
Then the metaphors explode
And suddenly we’re home

You can’t love me
I’m unloveable
But baby you could try
I can’t love you
You’re so loveable
But baby let me try

You can’t love me
I’m unloveable
But baby you could try
I can’t love you
You’re so loveable
But baby let me try

All singles:

■ Unloveable (2010) ■ Cokeholes (2008) | ■ Lighter ‘n’ Spoon (2008) | ■ Too/Much/Dive (2006) | ■ Friend (2002) | ■ Double A EP (2000)  | ■ Out of Sight (2000) | ■ The F-Word (2000) | ■ Back Together (remix) (1999) | ■ If You’ll Be Mine (1998) | ■ Bad Old Man (1998) | ■ Cornershop (1997) | ■ Candy Girl (1997) | ■ You’re Gorgeous (1996) | ■ Goodnight (1996) | ■ Snake Caves / Lemonade Baby (1995) | ■ Larry Bright (Mortal Wombat) (1995)