"The Trouble with Love Is" is the fourth and final single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 singer Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...

's debut album, Thankful

Thankful (Kelly Clarkson album)

-Sales and chart performance:Release of the album was preceded by the single "Miss Independent", which become a top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit and a #1 top 40 smash. In thanks to the success of the single, as well as buzz from her American Idol win , the album sold well in the United States...

. It was co-written by Clarkson, Evan Rogers, and Carl Sturken and co-produced by Rogers and Sturken. A blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

y number, it has Clarkson explaining how love

Love

Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. In philosophical context, love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection. Love is central to many religions, as in the Christian phrase, "God is love" or Agape in the Canonical gospels...

 can be wonderful but also what the trouble with love is.

Clarkson had been pressing for other singles choices from the album, especially "You Thought Wrong", but following the underperformance of rock-tinged single "Low

Low (Kelly Clarkson song)

"Low" is the second single from pop rock singer, Kelly Clarkson's debut album, Thankful, and her third overall to date.The single was written by Jimmy Harry and produced by Clif Magness...

" and the success of "A Moment Like This", her label felt she needed to return to ballads. However, this strategy was unsuccessful. as "The Trouble with Love Is" had slight R&B/soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 influences that were unsuitable for airplay of ballads at the time. (Adult Contemporary radio and Hot Adult Contemporary radio usually stay away from ballads of this genre.) A role as the love theme for the film Love Actually

Love Actually

Love Actually is a 2003 British romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. The screenplay delves into different aspects of love as shown through ten separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are shown to be interlinked as their tales progress...

failed to generate interest.

"The Trouble with Love Is" was able to chart on the Adult Top 40, Top 40 Tracks

Top 40 Tracks

Top 40 Tracks is a defunct airplay chart from Billboard Magazine. It was created in 1998, when Billboard Magazine changed the airplay profile of The Hot 100 Airplay to include more R&B, Country, and Rock stations to its profile . To preserve the notion of the former chart, Top 40 Tracks was...

, and the Top 40 Mainstream, but failed to do so on the Billboard Hot 100 or the Hot 100 Airplay

Hot 100 Airplay

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. The song was released as a double A-side in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 with *"Low", and not surprisingly it also flopped, peaking at number thirty-five. In contrast, the single performed very well in Australia

Australia

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, peaking at number eleven in the ARIA

Australian Recording Industry Association

The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

 Singles Chart and achieved gold status. It was also used in the credit sequence of the movie Love Actually.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "The Trouble with Love Is".

UK CD single; "Low

Low (Kelly Clarkson song)

"Low" is the second single from pop rock singer, Kelly Clarkson's debut album, Thankful, and her third overall to date.The single was written by Jimmy Harry and produced by Clif Magness...

"/"The Trouble with Love Is"

1. "Low" - 3:29
2. "The Trouble with Love Is" - 3:42
3. "Respect" - 2:15

UK Promo CD single

1. "The Trouble with Love Is" (Bimno Jones Vocal Mix) - 6:37
2. "The Trouble with Love Is" (MaUVe Classic Vocal Mix) - 8:37
3. "The Trouble with Love Is" (MaUVe Dub)

Australian CD single

1. "The Trouble with Love Is" - 3:42
2. "The Trouble with Love Is" (MaUVe Classic Vocal Mix) - 8:27
3. "The Trouble with Love Is" (Bimbo Jones Dub) - 6:06

European CD single

1. "The Trouble with Love Is" - 3:42
2. "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" - 2:26
3. "A Moment Like This" - 3:49

US Promo 12" single

1. "The Trouble with Love Is" (Bermudez & Bertoldo Remix: Club Mix) - 6:03
2. "The Trouble with Love Is" (Bermudez & Bertoldo Remix: Radio Edit) - 3:54
3. "The Trouble with Love Is" (Bermudez & Bertoldo Remix: Instrumental) - 6:03
4. "The Trouble with Love Is" (Bermudez & Bertoldo Radio: Acapella) - 3:54

US Promo CD single

1. "The Trouble with Love Is" (Bermudez & Bertoldo Remix: Radio Edit) - 3:49
2. "The Trouble with Love Is" (Bermudez & Bertoldo Remix: Call Out Hook) - 0:10

Official versions

• Main Edit
• Acapella
• Bermudez & Bertoldo Delinquent Cupid Club Mix
• Bermudez & Bertoldo Delinquent Cupid Radio Mix
• Bimbo Jones Vocal Mix
• Bimbo Jones Vocal Mix Edit
• Bimbo Jones Vocal Dub
• MaUVe Classic Vocal Mix
• MaUVe Classic Vocal Mix Edit
• Thunderpuss Club Remix
• Thunderpuss Radio Remix

Charts

Chart (2003-04)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	11
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	32
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	42
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	35
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks Top 40 Tracks Top 40 Tracks is a defunct airplay chart from Billboard Magazine. It was created in 1998, when Billboard Magazine changed the airplay profile of The Hot 100 Airplay to include more R&B, Country, and Rock stations to its profile . To preserve the notion of the former chart, Top 40 Tracks was...	36
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	21