Everybody Loves Me But You (1992 single)

Juliana Hatfield — Everybody Loves Me But You

Melody Maker, 11 July 1992

Single of the Week 2

JULIANA HATFIELD — EVERYBODY LOVES ME BUT YOU (Mammoth)

WHEREAS the Drop Nineteens' single immediately seizes you by the lapels and demands attention, this first solo outing from the Blake Baby is a subtle delight; one that works its way under your skin after two or three listens and then stays there, fixed like a tattoo. The music swerves, ducks, dives and surges forward purposefully, like someone hurrying through a crowd, but it's the touching lyric that makes the song so memorable.

You see, Juliana's not lonely. She's got a busy life and lots of friends who think she's terrific. But, thanks to human nature and the mighty power of Sod's Law, the one person blind to her charms is the one she longs for when she's in her "cold, cold bed" at night... I think I know just what she's talking about, and if you've got a soul you will, too.

All of which leaves just one question unanswered: what do they put in the water in Boston?

Juliana Hatfield — Everybody Loves Me But You

NME, 11 July 1992

JULIANA HATFIELD: Everybody Loves Me But You (Mammoth)

The A-side is tragically disappointing. Just another girl with a guitar wasting good plectrums on earnest, cross-eyed boy hassling. The second track however, an electric version of 'Nirvana' originally performed by Blake Babies (who Juliana continues to front in a parallel universe) is nastier, filthier and rockier than anything Axl Rose, Courtney Love or Ozzy Osbourne have managed to fish out of their Y-fronts in their entire matted careers. A paralysing exorcism of spiritual, sexual and emotional disgust. Go forth and buy copiously.

Reviewed by Barbara Ellen