It became a surprise hit for the band in the U.S., topping the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, becoming their fourth song to do so.

In a 2007 interview with Incubus, Brandon Boyd expressed his thoughts on the song:[2] It's almost a little bit of a cliché.

"Love Hurts" was released to alternative radio in October 2008, and hit number one on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for the week ending February 21, 2009.

It joins "Drive", "Megalomaniac", and "Anna Molly" as one of four songs by the band to top the chart, and their only secondary single from an album era to accomplish this feat.

[clarification needed] It outpeaked previous singles from Light Grenades, "Oil And Water" and "Dig".