"Love Me or Hate Me" is the sixth single from UK hip-hop

Grime (music)

Grime is a style of music that emerged from Bow, East London, England in the early 2000s, primarily as a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop...

 artist Lady Sovereign

Lady Sovereign

Louise Amanda Harman , better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is an English rapper & grime artist. She is noted for her professional success in performing styles of music generally dominated by males...

 and the fourth from her debut album Public Warning

Public Warning

Public Warning is the title of the debut album from UK hip hop artist Lady Sovereign released on 31 October 2006. The album, a mix of grime and hip hop, was originally due for release in November 2005 but was pushed back after Lady Sovereign was signed by Island Def Jam.In a press release, released...

. The single was confirmed for release by her official website and was released in October 2006 in the U.S. and 29 January 2007 in the UK. The video was premiered in the last week of September. It features Lady Sovereign appearing in Tetris

Tetris

Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...

-style blocks, and acting out certain lyrics of the song.

The song became the first song by a British rap artist to ever reach #1 on MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

's TRL

Total Request Live

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, as well as being heard in a TV spot for Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless

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. In addition it debuted at #81 on the U.S.

United States

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 Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 chart, making it Lady Sovereign's first single to chart in the U.S. In 2007, the song debuted at #48 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

, later peaking at #26, becoming her highest charting solo hit to date. Blender

Blender (magazine)

Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities....

ranked it as the 32nd best song of 2006.

The song has been featured as the theme song for the Oxygen Channel's reality show The Bad Girls Club

The Bad Girls Club

Bad Girls Club is an American reality television series created by Jonathan Murray for Oxygen. The show centers on seven mischievous and rebellious women from different backgrounds and personalities who have a number of psychological and behavioral problems. They are introduced to the show to...

. It has sold over 750, 000 copies in the US.

It can also be heard on the video game Need for Speed: Carbon

Need for Speed: Carbon

Need for Speed: Carbon, also known as NFS Carbon or NFSC, is an Electronic Arts video game belonging to the Need for Speed series. Released in 2006, it is the tenth installment, preceded by Need for Speed: Most Wanted, succeeded by Need for Speed: ProStreet in release order and succeeded by Need...

, and in an episode of the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 TV series

Television program

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 Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...

. It was also featured on the season 4 episode 'metamorphis' of cult teen-drama The OC.

The remix, which is the last track on the album, features Missy Elliott

Missy Elliott

Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...

.

Track listings

UK CD single

1. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Album Version) - 3:29
2. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Remix featuring Missy Elliott
   Missy Elliott
   Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...
   
   ) - 3:40
3. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Jason Nevins Remix) - 3:29

UK 12" single

1. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Original) - 3:29
2. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Remix featuring Missy Elliott) - 3:40
3. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Jason Nevins Remix) - 3:29
4. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Instrumental) - 3:30

Germany CD single

1. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Fuck You!!!) (Clean) - 3:33
2. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Fuck You!!!) (Remix featuring Missy Elliott) - 3:39
3. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Video) - 2:47

Australian CD single

1. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Fuck You!!!) (Clean) - 3:33
2. "Love Me or Hate Me" (Fuck You!!!) (Remix featuring Missy Elliott
   Missy Elliott
   Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...
   
   ) - 3:39

Chart performance

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Chart (2006–2007)	Peak position