Ain't Love a Bitch Ain't Love a Bitch "Ain't Love a Bitch" is a song written by Gary Grainger and Rod Stewart. Stewart released it on his 1978 album "Blondes Have More Fun", and it was one of four songs on the album co-written by Stewart and Grainger. The song was released as a single in 1979, reaching #11 on the UK charts, and #22 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in the United States. It spent 8 weeks on the UK charts and 6 weeks on the US charts. The song also reached the Top Ten in several countries, including Ireland. "Billboard" magazine
Blondes (Have More Fun) Stone" critic Janet Maslin described it as one of the three "tolerable" songs on the album. The "Ottawa Journal" similarly called it the best song on the album. Author Sharon Davis described the song as Stewart's last hit before 1983's "Baby Jane." Graham Hicks of the "Edmonton Journal" described a live performance of the song as a "rhythm and blues number", blaming the production for what he considered the blandness of the recorded version. Critic Dave Tianen rated the song as Stewarts 4th worst (two notches better than 2nd place "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy,") saying that it "would almost