“Love Hurts,” released as a single in 2008 from Incubus’s 2006 album Light Grenades, is one of the band’s most melodic and emotionally direct songs. Written by Brandon Boyd, Mike Einziger, Ben Kenney, Chris Kilmore, and José Pasillas, it contrasts gentle verses and soaring choruses to explore vulnerability and the paradox of love’s beauty and pain. Produced by Brendan O’Brien, the track showcases lush guitar layering, atmospheric keyboards, and Boyd’s introspective vocals. Though released later in the album’s cycle, it became a sleeper hit, reaching No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart in 2008 and solidifying its place as a fan favorite.