I Useta Lover
| "I Useta Lover" | ||||
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| Single by The Saw Doctors | ||||
| from the album If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back | ||||
| B-side | "Captain Joe Fiddle's" | |||
| Released | July 28, 1990 | |||
| Studio | Loco Studio, Wales | |||
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| Label | Solid Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Davy Carton, Leo Moran, Paul Cunniffe | |||
| Producer(s) | Phil Tennant | |||
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"I Useta Lover" (/ˈjuːstə/, eye dialect of "I used to love her") is a 1990 song by Irish rock group The Saw Doctors. It is the second single off the If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back album. It stayed at the #1 position in the Irish chart for nine weeks and became one of the best-selling singles of all time in the country. A similar clerically influenced message is seen in other Saw Doctors songs, notably "Bless Me Father" and "Tommy K".
The chorus of the song was originally taken from a song of the same name which was performed by Davy Carton's first band, Blaze X. The original song had been written by Paul Cunniffe. The Blaze X version of the song appears as a B-side on some versions of the single.