8 on the Billboard Hot 100,[5] and had been used as the theme song for Sunday Night Football NFL games in America (with altered lyrics, by two singers) during the 2006 and 2007 seasons.

[7] Former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor played the guitar solo on "I Hate Myself for Loving You".

"Little Liar" was the second single, backed with an obscure Jett–Laguna composition "What Can I Do for You", which had been recorded for a movie Jett was set to make in 1979 that was never completed.

For Record Store Day in 2015, the track was included on the limited edition (4000 split color vinyl) LP The First Sessions documenting the first several songs Jett wrote with Kenny Laguna, her newly acquired producer.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts were nominated for a Grammy Award in 1988 for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "I Hate Myself for Loving You".