Song · Dogs Die in Hot Cars
“I Love You Cause I Have To” by Dogs Die in Hot Cars
From the album Please Describe Yourself (2004)
“I Love You Cause I Have To” by Dogs Die in Hot Cars appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations in 2004. It was first released in 2004 on the album Please Describe Yourself. Its best result is #54 on The End Top 77 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #128 alternative song of 2004.
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Dogs Die in Hot Cars made their first move with "I Love You 'Cause I Have To", a single that first surfaced on the small Radiate label in 2003 before V2 gave it a second push in 2004, when it also landed on the debut album Please Describe Yourself. Craig MacIntosh wrote it, and Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, the pair behind that whole debut album, produced and mixed it.
AllMusic heard ska rhythms knotted together with new wave pop hooks, and that's the jittery, bright-eyed charm of the thing: a love song with a shrug built right into the title. The first pressing only scraped to 79 in the UK, but it made enough noise to win the band its V2 contract, and the reissue climbed to 32 in July 2004.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 54 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 77 Songs of 2004 | 77 |
| 2004 | 70 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 | 101 |
| 2004 | 89 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Essential 99 of 2004 | 99 |
| 2004 | 127 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2004 | 227 |
| 2004 | 56 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 | 103 |
| 2004 | 84 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004 | 100 |
Also listed as: I Love You 'Cause I Have To.
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