Crying Laughing Loving Lying

Crying Laughing Loving Lying is a 1972 release by Labi Siffre.
All songs written, performed and produced by Labi Siffre. The album was recorded at Chappell Studios in London.
The record contains two of Labi's best known songs: "It Must Be Love" (No. 14, 1971) (later covered by and a No. 4 hit for Madness, for which Siffre himself appeared in the video) and "Crying Laughing Loving Lying" (No. 11, 1972).
Both "It Must Be Love" and "Crying Laughing Loving Lying" were released as singles in the U.S. by Bell Records but failed to chart. The album was never released in the U.S. Siffre had his first U.S. singles success as a songwriter when, in 1983, the cover version of "It Must Be Love" by Madness peaked in the Billboard Magazine chart at #33.
Olivia Newton-John covered the song on her 1975 album Clearly Love
Kanye West sampled "My Song" on his track "I Wonder".
The remastered album was released on CD in 2006 by EMI featuring 6 bonus tracks and liner notes by Labi Siffre.
"Gimme Some More" was used in a 2020 Hershey's commercial.
Whitney covered "Crying Laughing Loving Lying" on their 2020 album Candid.