"
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 placed Stewart #7 on its list of the Top Single Artists of 1979 on the strength of "Ain't Love a Bitch" and its predecessor, "
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?".