"Why Should I Love You?" is a song written by American singer-songwriter
R. Stevie Moore, released as the ninth track of his album Glad Music (1986).[1] It was announced in May 2012 that the track would also appear on Lo Fi Hi Fives ...A Kind Of Best Of, a
hits collection from Moore; scheduled for a release on August 5, 2012.[2][3]
"Why Should I Love You?" was covered by
London-based quartet
The Vaccines. The track was released in the
United Kingdom on 21 April 2012 as a
double A-side with Moore's cover of "
Post Break-Up Sex" (2011); and was limited to 500 copies in accordance with
Record Store Day 2012.[4][5] The band's cover of "Why Should I Love You?" received its first play on 4 April 2012, when it featured as
BBC Radio 1 DJ
Zane Lowe's Hottest Record in the World.[6]