Lover I Don’t Have to Love

~ Recording by Bright Eyes

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5Lover I Don’t Have to Love4:00Bright EyesLIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the GroundBright EyesAlbum
  • GB2002-08-12
WichitaWEBB034
1.5Lover I Don’t Have to Love4:00Bright EyesLIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the GroundBright EyesAlbum
  • US2002-08-13
Saddle Creek RecordsLBJ-046
1.5Lover I Don’t Have to Love4:00Bright EyesLIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the GroundBright EyesAlbum
  • DE2002-08-19
WichitaWEBB034
1.1Lover I Don’t Have to Love3:57Bright Eyes3 More Hit Songs From Bright EyesBright EyesEP
  • XE2002-11-11
WichitaWEBB037SCD
1.1Lover I Don’t Have to Love3:58Bright Eyes3 More Hit Songs From Bright EyesBright EyesEP
  • GB2002-11-11
WichitaWEBB037S
1.5Lover I Don’t Have to Love4:00Bright EyesLIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the GroundBright EyesAlbum
  • JP2003-01-22
Bad News Records (Japanese label)BNCP-80
1.14Lover I Don’t Have to Love3:56Bright EyesLiegen lernenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • DE2003-09-08
2.5Lover I Don’t Have to Love4:00Bright EyesThe Studio Albums 2000–2011Bright EyesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2016-10-21
Saddle Creek RecordsLBJ-240
1.5Lover I Don’t Have to Love3:59Bright EyesLIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2016 remaster)Bright EyesAlbum
  • US2016-11-04
Saddle Creek RecordsLBJ-236-3
1.5Lover I Don’t Have to Love?:??Bright EyesLIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2016 remaster)Bright EyesAlbum
  • US2016-11-04
Saddle Creek RecordsLBJ-236
1.5Lover I Don’t Have to Love4:00Bright EyesLIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2016 remaster)Bright EyesAlbum
  • US2016-11-04
Saddle Creek RecordsLBJ-236
1.5Lover I Don't Have to Love4:00Bright EyesLIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the GroundBright EyesAlbum
  • XW2022-11-11
Dead Oceans
Promotion
1.4Lover I Don’t Have to Love4:00Bright EyesRolling Stone: New Sounds, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.4Lover I Don’t Have to Love4:00Bright EyesIndie Pop Rock 2005 – Best News SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

banjo, bell [bells], electric guitar, glockenspiel, hammered dulcimer, mandolin, pedal steel guitar [pedal steel], resonator guitar [dobro] and vibraphone:Mike Mogis
bass guitar:Matt Maginn
cello:Gretta Cohn
guitar, organ, piano and Rhodes piano [rhodes]:Conor Oberst
violin:Tiffany Kowalski
vocals:Conor Oberst
recording of:Lover I Don’t Have to Love

Lover I Don’t Have to Love

lyricist and composer:Conor Oberst
publisher:Bedrooms; Bedrooms and Spiders
Sony/ATV Songs LLC