Loving You Is Killing Me

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"Loving You Is Killing Me"
Single by Aloe Blacc
from the album Good Things
ReleasedMarch 7, 2011
Recorded2010
GenreR&B, soul
Length3:24
LabelStones Throw
Songwriter(s)Jeffrey Scott Silverman, Leon Marcus Michels, Nicholas Anthony Movshon, E. Nathaniel Dawkins
Producer(s)Leon Michels, Jeff Dynamite
Aloe Blacc singles chronology
"I Need a Dollar"
(2010)
"Loving You Is Killing Me"
(2011)
"Green Lights"
(2011)

"Loving You Is Killing Me" is a song by American singer Aloe Blacc, with music and lyrics by Jeffrey Scott Silverman, Leon Marcus Michels, Clay Wells Holley, Nicholas Anthony Movshon and E. Nathaniel Dawkins and produced by Leon Michels and Jeff Dynamite.[1]

Music video[edit]

The music video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on March 15, 2011. It features actor Miles Brown.

Credits and personnel[edit]

  • Lead vocals – Aloe Blacc
  • Producers – Leon Michels, Jeff Dynamite
  • Lyrics – Jeffrey Scott Silverman, Leon Marcus Michels, Nicholas Anthony Movshon, E. Nathaniel Dawkins
  • Label: Stones Throw Records

Live performances[edit]

Aloe Blacc performed the song on Later... with Jools Holland in 2010.

Track listings[edit]

Promo CD single No. 1
  1. "Loving You Is Killing Me" – 3:24
Promo CD single No. 2
  1. "Loving You Is Killing Me" (Bonnie & Clyde Radio Mix Edit) – 3:13
  2. "Loving You Is Killing Me" (Bonnie & Clyde Radio Mix Edit Instrumental) – 3:14
Digital download
  1. "Loving You Is Killing Me" (Numarek Single Mix) – 3:17
  2. "Loving You Is Killing Me" – 3:25
  3. "Loving You Is Killing Me" (Mano Le Tough Remix) – 7:29
  4. "Loving You Is Killing Me" (Music video) – 3:12

Chart performance[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 8
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[3] 12
Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 12
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 26

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2011) Position
German Singles Chart[6] 79
Austrian Singles Chart[7] 65

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[8] Gold 15,000*
Germany (BVMI)[9] Gold 150,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

Country Date Format Label
Austria 4 March 2011[10] Digital download Stones Throw Records

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Loving You is Killing Me". Belgium (Flanders) Charts.
  2. ^ "Aloe Blacc – Loving You Is Killing Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  3. ^ "Aloe Blacc – Loving You Is Killing Me" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  4. ^ "Aloe Blacc – Loving You Is Killing Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  5. ^ "Aloe Blacc – Loving You Is Killing Me". Swiss Singles Chart.
  6. ^ ":: MTV | Single Jahrescharts 2011 | charts". MTV Germany. Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  7. ^ "Ö3 Austria Top40 – Single Charts 2011 – oe3.ORF.at". Archived from the original on 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
  8. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Aloe Blacc – Loving You Is Killing Me" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  9. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Aloe Blacc; 'Loving You Is Killing Me')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  10. ^ Loving You Is Killing Me (Special Version) – Single by Aloe Blacc itunes.apple.com/at/